[mythtv-users] New to MythTV, want to build it out....

[Cosimo Leipold]

	I would love to build myself a MythTV box. The problem is I can't 
seem to find any list of working configurations and setups. I look at one 
post that suggests the Hauppauge PVR 250, the next post says it won't 
work, etc.. Same deal for video out solutions... "Some old nvidia cards 
are supported" is a pretty sub par bit of documentation... 

	I would love to know what setups people have actually got 
working right, ideally the whole thing - this is my case, my mobo, my ram, 
my video, I'm using/not using onboard audio, etc. That way I can replicate 
that machine to a T, and rest assured that with the proper amount of 
fiddling I can get it to work. I've seen numerous posts of "Yea I had to 
ditch the card, I couldn't get it to work". I'd like to avoid that.

	If anyone here has built a relatively low cost mythtv and would be 
willing to share what they've put in it I'd greatly appreciate it. If you 
could be specific on the pvr card and the video card that would be great.

	Ideally, I'd like to eventually build whatever that person put 
together and document everything I did start to finish. From the install 
of the os, to compiling, configuring, testing - a howto that could take 
someone who wants to build a mythtv from scratch from "I've got a blank 
disk" to "I'm watching DIVX flicks off the network". If a document like 
this exists, please point me to it. I've looked but haven't found 
anything very detailed. Just wide steps (which is fine, until you run into 
a snag).


thanks
cos