[mythtv-users] Hardware and other questions

[James Orr]

Thanks for all the advice about a case.

I found an old HP Desktop which has a micro ATX with a 466 Celeron
processor in it.  It's a pretty crappy board, but with a PVR 350
handling most of the work it should be OK, shouldn't it?  At least to
get me started.

So that means my only purchases I need to make to get going are the PVR
350 and a hard drive.  Then I can upgrade the remaining components as I
go.

I would still appreciate an answer to some of my other questions
though.  I have quoted them below.

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 10:46, James Orr wrote:
> I have some questions about MythTV as well:
> 
> I have a motorola digital cable box (ComCast).  I can't see a model
> number on it anywhere, but i've googled and seen some people have been
> able to control motorola boxes with a serial cable and I do have a
> serial port on the back of the box so I am hopeful.
> 
> At first I would like to control the box via serial cable, but at
> somepoint I would possibly add a second capture card (probably without a
> tuner) and record digital cable shows with that card, and then be able
> to simultanously record basic cable channels with the 350 tuner.  My
> question is, does MythTV support different channel lineups for different
> capture devices, or will it try to capture digital channels with the 350
> tuner (which obviously won't work)?
> 
> Another question is about conflict resolution.  Let's say I want to
> watch Alias and The Sopranos (both Sunday at 9 PM).  Now Alias is only
> on once, but The Sopranos is also on again in 3 hours on HBO Pacific. 
> Will it automatically record Alias first, then the Sopranos later or
> will I have to spell it out?
-- 
James Orr <james at orrwhat.net>