[mythtv-users] Newbie Alert

[Dex West]

I would suggest if as nother first start for reading
is:
www.wilsonet.com/mythtv

There as a really nice how-to based on Fedora core 1
distro.


--- Graham J <grahamj at lixar.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Graham Nicholls here from Ottawa, Canada. I'm new to
> to the list and thought
> I'd say hello and mention why I'm here.
> 
> Up until now I've had my laptop connected to the TV
> running XP. I use it to
> play back MPEG2 TV shows which I record using my
> other PC which has a
> Hauppage PVR-250 and my own custom PHP/XMLTV/MYSQL
> setup. It works pretty
> well but I've been itching to come up with a more
> integrated solution.
> 
> I've now put together an Athlon 1.1 box with 768MB,
> 120GB, Asus Radeon 9200,
> a cheap Pine TV card (bt878 tuner), the PVR-250, an
> SB Live 5.1 and a
> DVD-ROM. My goal is to set up MythTV on the box so I
> can browse listings,
> watch live TV with the cheap card and have the
> PVR-250 dedicated to
> recording only. I have no interest in pausing live
> TV or using the cheap TV
> card for any recording whatsoever.
> 
> I haven't used Linux in quite some time so even just
> that part will be a
> challenge for me, but I've been writing software
> since I was 7 so I know I
> can overcome any challenges given enough time, and
> hopefully the odd tip
> from you guys :)
> 
> A couple of quickies to start off, if you don't
> mind:
> 
> - I was planning to use Mandrake since its GUI seems
> pretty easy to use. Is
> this a good bet or would another distro be better
> for Myth?
> 
> - Should the bt878 be ok with V4L? I've searched for
> answers to this
> question but haven't come up with anything so far.
> 
> - Ditto for my SBLive - I'd like to have 6-channel
> digital out to my stereo
> but realize that might be asking a bit much for
> Linux :) I don't really care
> about playing DVDs with this box so if not I can
> live with that.
> 
> Thanks in advance and I look forward to chatting
> more with the Myth
> community :)
> 
> Graham J
> http://xvi.com
> 
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