[mythtv-users] Commercial releases of MythTV?

[malcolm]

Hi Andrew,

I think what you guys are doing with MythTV is very exciting and should give
it quite a boost.  I also feel it shows the level of professionalist and
quality of MythTV.

I don't know how Development 1 feels about sharing details of their hardware
but would you at least tell me what capture and decoder cards you are using?
And perhaps what kind of CPU power it takes to power them?

I'm trying to get my Myth box stable like a commercial unit and it's just
not working.  I think the problem could be my ivtv drivers but I'm not sure.
I'm using a PVR-250 and PVR-350 for capture cards and using the TV out of
the 350.  My box also has to reboot every night or within 3 days or so Myth
will crash and I'll have to reboot anyway.

I'm going to try using an MX440 type card for my TV out so I can play DVDs
as well and hopefully get more stability in the box.

Thanks for any insite you might have that shows how you got such a stable
box you are able to sell it to the public.

Thanks
Malcolm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Jamieson" <ajd1 at optusnet.com.au>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:51 PM


> Hello.
>
> My name is Andrew Jamieson, and I work for Development One.
>
> (Pause whilst I don my flame retardant - but probably not nearly enough -
> suit).
>
> Let me first explain that I personally am not a coder, and can probably
only
> answer some of your questions - and infact some of my answers may even be
> wrong.  It's Saturday morning here, and any specific code related
questions
> may have to wait until Monday morning, or at least until one of the
> programmers pops up in my messenger.  However, I am willing to answer
> whatever I can, and will hunt down answers for which I have no immediate
> knowledge.
>
> (I'm also writing this at the same time as I am being clambered over by my
> two kids, so if my responses take a while, please bear with me :)
>
> Yesterday, our 'head' programmer sent an email to Isaac which we intended
to
> be the beginning of a dialogue with the myth community.  However, I feel
now
> that it is past time for us to make a post on this thread to provide some
> answers to your questions.  So here goes:
>
> *    If we are found to be violating the GPL in any way, we will
immediately
> take steps to rectify this.  Any lack here is in no way deliberate or
> malicious.
> *    We fully intend to give back to the myth community.  The first steps
> toward this involve opening up the use of our Australia specific EPG data
> (which we purchase from a supplier of such information), and weather
> information (which we obtain directly from the Bureau of Meteorology here
in
> Australia).  This information is supplied in the form of a web service
from
> our site, the information for which will have to wait until Isaac gets his
> mail, or I can get hold of a coder - 'cos I just have no idea :)
> *    I am busy writing an updated user manual for our product.  This will
> unfortunately not be directly applicable to standard mythTV due to UI
> changes we have made.  However, I will take it upon myself to provide a
user
> manual document for mythTV.
> *    Many of the changes we have made have been to improve the 'remote
> control only' features of mythTV.  I am unsure how easily these will apply
> to the current version of myth, but we are certainly willing to share
> anything we have done.
> *    If ppl want, I can provide a simplified IR receiver circuit diagram.
> This will not be derived directly from our project, but I am a HW engineer
> by education (if not by beer consumption alone :) and can certainly create
> an easy solution for those who are intimidated by existing DIY solutions.
> *    We are currently working on getting HD digital working here in
> Australia.  Once this has been done, our findings / code will be supplied
> back to the community.
>
> Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.  I will reply as
quickly
> and accurately as I can (however it is Saturday, so I will not be at my
> computer all the time today).
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Andrew Jamieson