[mythtv-users] A few starting-out questions.

[Matt Morgan]

Bryan Brannigan wrote:

>>[snip] If 
>>I change the channel on the tuner card, does it magically 
>>change the channel on the cable box, too? What if I'm not 
>>there--does the cable box have to be set to the right channel 
>>ahead of time? That's what I have to do now, with a VCR for example. 
>>I don't understand how mythtv can change that. Can it? 
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>You will need one of two things to control your cable box.  Some cable boxes
>support being controled via a serial cable.  Others can be controled by
>using an IR blaster.  You'll have to do some research in to your particular
>box.
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Cool! That makes a lot of sense. I had heard of the IR Blaster but 
totally misunderstood what it's for.

>>3) In shopping for a computer [snip] Hopefully I can 
>>use the built-in sound; and if necessary I can use a 
>>Hauppauge pvr-350, which gives me video-in and video-out in 
>>one card. Is there anything I'm forgetting? 
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>Possibly networking if it's not onboard.
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Right, thanks. Fortunately most of the SFF computers I'm looking at were 
designed for the corporate market and have ethernet built-in. Actually 
it turns out that lots of the compaq models (some deskpro EN's, some 
Evos) have 3 PCI slots (although they rarely have AGP).
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