On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:12:58 -0700
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> On Monday June 27 2005 1:00 pm, disciple@exis.net wrote:
> > This MythTV sounds really cool. I've been reading about it for a
> > few weeks now, and would like to try it. I have a couple of
> > questions for those that have it running.
> >
> > 1. What card would you suggest that I use?
> >
> > 2. To install, do I just do apt-get install mythtv?
> >
> > What are the steps to installation? I'll be starting with a clean
> > machine.
> >
> > Compaq Deskpro PIII 866 MHz with a 120GB hard drive.
>
> Bzzt! Rule of thumb is 1GHz per stream you'll be handling. So if
> you want to record *or* play, 1GHz. If you want to record while
> playing another show, look at 2GHz. You can squeek it by with less
> (like, say, an Apple Macintosh LCIII) if you throw in MPEG hardware
> to do all the encoding and decoding (like the TiVo Series 1, which is
> remarkably similar to a Mac LCIII with a PCI slot turned inside out).
>
> Google is your best friend when it comes to DIY PVRs. Please post a
> followup of what you did to build one if you find a relatively
> Debianized way to do it if you find one, I'm sure someone else will
> be looking for it in the future.
>
> --
> Paul Johnson
> Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): baloo@ursine.ca
> http://ursine.ca/~baloo/
Older thread, but.
Check out this link, though he uses Woody, it should be modifiable.
http://www.geocities.com/dlou99/mythtv.html
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