[mythtv-users] MythTV Version Recommendation

[Khanh Tran]

On 3/3/06, LP Tilly <mail.list.lawrence at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings, all.
>
> I am running SUSE 9.3 on a 1.4 GHz P4, 512MB RAM.  I just bought a PVR-150
> primarily for the purpose of capturing from camcorder, VCR and Laser Disk
> player and burning them to DVD ( I use QDVDAuthor / Kino primarily ).  I
> will be installing the card this weekend and figured I would start poking
> around with MythTV.  If I can show some usefullness and ease-of-use to the
> spouse it will be easier justifying a more complete media-center solution a
> little down the road.
>
> At this point the box will serve as both frontend and backend, but will have
> very low MythTV usage. I will record just a couple shows per week and
> generally burn off to DVD rather than watching via MythTV ( machine is no
> where near our TV ).  We have only basic cable, no satalite and no premium
> channels ( TV plays a very small role in our life, but we take serious what
> we do watch ).
>
> I know v0.19 is out, but I'm leaning to .18 since it's been around a bit ( I
> need to keep my machine fairly stable and don't use too much bleeding-edge
> packages ).  This is one reason I haven't moved to SUSE 10 yet.  So, are
> there any major reasons why I should consider 0.19 at this point or would
> 0.18 be a good choice now and maybe look at 0.19 if the project expands?
>
> advTHANKSance!
> -L
>
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You'll have a better Live TV experience with 0.18.  Read through the
mailing list archives for the quirks of Live TV under MythTV 0.19. 
Since you won't be watching Live TV, this isn't an issue for you.

Don't be afraid to move to SuSE 10.  You'll find compiling and
available RPMs are more up-to-date and less troublesome under SuSE 10.
 You'll especially find this around the software that MythTV holds
together like lirc, ivtv and the like...