[ale] mythtv hardware question

[KingBahamut]

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On 6/14/06, Josh Freeman <jkfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> speaking of Myth, has anyone got an ATI Radeon 7000 tv-out to work?
> I've tried for several weeks, and it apears that the chipset is
> defaulting to PAL. I can't find a driver that will make it work with
> xorg 6.8
>
> Josh
>
> On 6/14/06, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm in the throes of building a mythTV box meself. I got a Shuttle "Zen"
> > ST62K barebones, threw a P4 2.4 ghz processor, 512 mb of RAM, and a 400
> gb
> > hard drive in there, and splurged on a PVR 500. I used knoppmyth R5B7
> for
> > the initial install.  I haven't actually gotten it to work yet due to
> ALSA
> > issues (which I hope to resolve when next I get some time to hack on
> it).
> >
> >  But ivtv recognizes the card (both tuners), and after some initial
> > thrashing re loading the firmware from the drive I believe it will
> actually
> > run it as well. I also had little trouble (like, only some minor
> password
> > idiocy on my part) connecting to zap2it and downloading my local program
> > listings.
> >
> >  The big question about speccing a mythTV box seems to be card vs
> processor
> > speed, but a P2.66 should be more than adequate from what I've been able
> to
> > gather.
> >
> >  BTW BEWARE of the "separate video modes..." choice in the "Options"
> part of
> > mythTV. If you check this blindly, it'll mung X for the "mythtv" user
> and
> > you won't be able to get it back -- at least, I was unable to find where
> > those parameters are kept from the command line. Perhaps it fiddles a
> > database table. I eventually took the Path of Least Resistance and
> > re-installed.
> >
> >  If you're gonna try to capture audio, you might want to consider
> getting a
> > kool sound card as well.
> >
> >  I concur with Mr. Farris's recomendations re video cards and capture
> cards.
> >
> >  -- CHS
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/14/06, Chris Farris <chris at vitalpowers.com> wrote:
> > > If your video card has TV-Out then get the 250 and use the video card
> to
> > > drive X. If your video card lacks TV-Out then get the 350 and use the
> > > ivtv-fb to drive X.
> > >
> > > Other than that, I'd stick w/ 1GB and spend the money on HD space.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > Daniel Howard wrote:
> > > > Pardon me if I missed the summary of the recent MythTV build-in, I
> get
> > > > ALE in digest mode and do occasionally miss things.
> > > >
> > > > I'm fed up with my Windows MCE platform for video
> capture/editing/DVD
> > > > creation, and even my Snapstream Win2k box with a Hauppauge USB PVR
> add
> > > > on, which used to do a wonderful job of PVR and video capture, is
> > > > refusing to see the capture device now.
> > > >
> > > > So, I've got a P4, 2.66 GHz box I'm going to add some RAM to get at
> > > > least 1 GB, maybe 2GB, add a bigger hard drive, and add a video
> capture
> > > > card to turn it into a MythTV PVR/video editing box using, e.g.,
> Kino.
> > > >
> > > > After initial Googling, I see that the Hauppauge-PVR 250 is quite
> > > > popular for MythTV, and the 350 more capable, but lacking in OpenGL
> and
> > > > optimum X support.  I want to use this box for PVR, video capture
> from
> > > > my digital camcorder, video editing and DVD production, and audio
> > > > capture from old vinyl records and reel-to-reel and cassette tapes,
> > > > editing, and studio production if possible.  The MythTV site is
> somewhat
> > > > ambiguous about recommending a particular video capture card, does
> > > > anyone have a recommendation?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Daniel
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