[mythtv-users] Re: MythTV : Little Sleep, Lots Of Reading...I Failed.

[Isaac Richards]

On Monday 09 June 2003 07:26 am, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> And I assure you that my notes are far better for someone attempting to
> install MythTV under Red Hat Linux 9 with a WinTV PVR-250 than the
> documentation on the MythTV web site, even if they aren't
> "authoritative."

You have a number of inaccuracies in your docs, btw.

- ALSA is not required at all for things to run, there's no reason to make it 
look like it is.  The only reason that it's recommended for most setups is 
that the drivers generally work better than the kernel drivers.
- Using lirc on the pvr cards does not use the serial modules, so your stated 
reason for forcing a recompile of the kernel is wrong.
- A better bitrate peak would be 4000, not 8000, for an average rate of 2500.  
Having the peak bitrate too high can cause problems.
- If you don't want it to capture at 480x480, why don't you just go into the 
recording options and change the resolution there?  Also, if you're going to 
tell people to blindly change to NTSC and the 4th input on the card, you 
should at least show how to get the correct numbers for those by using the 
querying commands (-n to list the inputs, -s to list the video standards).

Also, I would very much prefer that you submit patches to the existing docs to 
Robert, instead of writing your own.

Isaac