<br>Iīd use mythwelcome and start mythfrontend from there, set idle shutdown timer to 5 minutes or so in welcome.<br>Mythwelcome can easily be autostarted in gnome, donīt forget to use autologin.<br>Only downside tho this is that I get to se popups about new updates for a minute or two, but itīs probably a no brainer to disable.
<br><br>As for autostarting the backend, that is not in any way distro related, itīs done by a simple init script.<br>Also Iīd use ACPI timer for the machine to wakeup in time for a recording, 10-30 minutes ahead depending on disk size should be enough for fsck, then padd the recording time with a few minutes. Shutdown after recordings should be set to atleast 10 minutes, this gives it time to do some comdetection.
<br><br>/Henrik<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 11, 2008 11:35 PM, R. G. Newbury <<a href="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org">newbury@mandamus.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> Michael Nguyen wrote:<br>><br>>> Hey guys,<br>>><br>>> So, a friend has been thinking of giving MythTV a go, but he is a pure<br>>> Windows guy. I thought I'd do something nice and build him a snazzy
<br>>> MythTV box since I'm quite a bit better with Linux than he is. Since<br>>> it's a gift, I'd really like to get it right the first time. If you<br>>> guys were building a dream MythTV box, what would you buy? I want to
<br>>> get something pretty as well so that it looks like a real appliance (I<br>>> was looking at those Shuttle cases).<br>>><br>>> If you guys were building something for your mother, what would you get?
<br><br><br></div>You might want to check out where your buddy will be putting the box. If<br>he would put it in a cupboard, or behind a credenza, then you have a<br>much larger range of acceptable hardware, esp. in getting it quiet. If
<br>it is to go on a shelf under the TV, beside the stereo amp, then the<br>Silverstone line are very nice..quiet and very 'stereo component'<br>looking. Only problem is that the power led it too bright!<br><br>As to finishing it off, I strongly suggest that you use a distro which
<br>allows you to start mythbackend automatically, and that you set up<br>mythfrontend to start automatically. This may mean using a different<br>window manager than normal. But then, a reboot will bring everything<br>back to exactly what you would want for your mother..Turn it on, it
<br>works. (And the UPS is not necessary!).<br><br>As to hardware, in North America, if you are going OTA, or there are<br>unencrypted QAM channels, go for an HDHomeRun. You/he will quickly find<br>that one tuner is NOT enough. (I have 4! PVR500 plus HdHR.)
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