[mythtv-users] Mythtv on Debian - is it dead?

[Mike]

drbob wrote:
> I'd really like to try out mythtv. However my only option would be to 
> run the backend on my debian server (the frontend would be on a dual 
> boot windows/linux machine).
>
> The problem is my server runs debian stable. I could countenance an 
> upgrade to etch but not to sid (I can't trust sid with my email and 
> filestore). Is there be a package for debian stable or etch in the 
> pipeline? The webpage of the new package maintainers is down 
> <http://debian.video.free.fr/> and I can find no info on the list since 
> the announcement a month ago of the new repository.
>
> It's beginning to look depressingly like I would need to switch 
> distributions to use mythtv :-( Any suggestions on what to do welcome.
>   

Yeah, its dead.

I run it on debian sarge with my own compile of everything that isn't in 
the normal repos. (like ffmpeg and all of that) One thing that I ended 
up doing was building my own 2.6.14 kernel package for the HD-3000 
drivers rather than trying to build them into the old kernel. (which is 
also possible)

http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DigitalTelevision

If all your worried about is things like ivytv then I probably wouldn't 
bother with going that far. Also all of my frontends run sarge where I 
built everything by hand too

-Mike