[mythtv-users] Tuner Selection...

[Coin_Graham at genpt.com]

mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 05/23/2008 09:44:21 AM:

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> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:31 AM,  <Coin_Graham at genpt.com> wrote:
> > Great information, thanks.  As far as the tuner is concerning, I'm
reading
> > good things about the Haupaugh PVR 250/350.  My end goal is to have
> > everything in Divx/HD Divx.  I'm not sure if there is a tuner that can
> > encode directly to Divx/HD Divx or if Mythbuntu can handle it.  I've
only
> > got about 300Gb of hard drive space.
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> > This box has dual Xeon 1Gb processors, so I'd like to do all encoding
on
> > the card if possible.
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> > --  Coin
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> > mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 05/22/2008 05:55:32 PM:
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> >> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:44 PM, <Coin_Graham at genpt.com> wrote:
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> >> Hello all.  My company saw fit to bequeath me with a server they
> >> wanted to throw away and I've decided to attempt to turn it into a
> >> Myth TV back-end (front-end TBD).  I wanted to start by asking if
> >> anyone had an opinion on Mythbuntu with a focus on ease of use(i'm
> >> familiar with ubuntu)?
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> >> Glad to see that there's an active community available to help in
> >> what appears (hopefully superficially) to be a daunting task.
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> >> --  Coin
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> >> What are you planning on using for a tuner? I used to use Fedora
> >> with Wilson's HOWTO, then Mythdora because it was easier, but when I
> >> tried using my Set Top Box with firewire I had so many problems that
> >> I switched to Mythbuntu. I'm currently running a Mythbuntu 7.10
> >> backend upgraded to Myth .21 with several Mythbuntu 8.04 Front Ends
> >> and I doubt I'll ever go back to Mythdora, but I wouldn't
> >> necessarily put down Mythdora, especially since I haven't used it
> >> since version 4. If you're already familiar with Ubuntu, Mythbuntu
> >> might be the way to go.
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> I'm pretty sure you aren't going to find a DIVX-recording card.  Your
> best bet will be to get a PVR150/500 and transcode after the program
> is recorded.
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Ahh, sorry about that...

As far as transcoding is concerning, I didn't see anything about it in the
instructions in MythTV.  Is this done through MythTV or through scripting
at the OS level.

--  Coin