[mythtv-users] Tuner Selection...

[Phil Bridges]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:50 AM,  <Coin_Graham at genpt.com> wrote:
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> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 05/23/2008 09:44:21 AM:
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>> Re: [mythtv-users] Tuner Selection...
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>> Phil Bridges
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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.
>> >
>> > --  Coin
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>> > mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 05/22/2008 05:55:32 PM:
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>> >> Matt Emmott
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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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>> Please don't top-post.
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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...
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> 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.
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http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Transcode_Video