[mythtv-users] New User System Setup Questions

[Micah Morton]

> I had never considered heat issues as it pertains to cpu's and
> performance and dropping frames.  I never heard of anything that shuts
> components of the cpu down if it detects that it's overheating.  I think
>  that's pretty neat and I'm going to try to learn more about that as
> well, because I notice that when I get into the bios on my via epia-m
> board, it has a screen where it will indicate the fan rpm, and cpu
> temperatures.  That's cool.  Does anyone happen to know how to get at
> those kinds of values from Linux?

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Check out the lm_sensors project.  http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/


>
> But, things like that, cpu temp, are the kinds of things I'm going to
> try to cover in that page I'm working on.
>
> Thanks for listening. Thanks for the great project.
>
>
>
> Micah Morton wrote:
>> Before reading this, note: I have never gotten mythtv working and have
>> only once tried to with my Pinnacle BTTV card... So, here's what I've
>> been gathering over the last couple months of viewing this list.
>>
>> I see TONS of people complain about their ATI All-In-Wonder cards....
>>    1) They can't record and playback at the same time...
>>    2) there are tons of auto-detection problems
>>    3) the VE model seems to be more problematic than others.
>>
>> I don't see any problems with Hauppauge cards... everybody seems to
>> have really good luck with those.  I'm wondering what peoples opinions
>> are with these cards - what problems do they have, if any?
>>
>> As for TV-Out, my GeForce2 MX400 has excellent TV-Out and was
>> super-easy to set up...  Why do people fuss with matrox g200/400/450
>> cards when there is such a cheap alternative? is it because the g200
>> has a tv-tuner?  Can it record and playback at the same time?
>>
>
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