[ale] Mythtv Build-In

[Chris Farris]

I've been working on a project to autoyast install MythTV boxes. My
setup requires a box that supports PXE and has a PVR350 card in it. I'll
be happy to install for anyone at this event - so long as you agree to
send me bug reports. 

I suggest we see if we can't do it at Emory. I find great irony in doing
this at a law school. That and the location is central.

Chris

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 09:30 -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I've been hammering intermittently on trying to get MythTV to work for a 
> few months now. 
> 
> Mostly, I'm finding the whole thing to be very twitchy as far as just 
> getting it working goes.  I initially tried to get it going on Gentoo 
> and I got as far as getting composite input to work, but when I moved 
> the whole thing over to the TV and wired up the output, nothing worked 
> right anymore.  I then installed KnoppMyth, but just when I nearly had 
> that going, something I did - probably trying to fix something - kept it 
> from working right ever again, so I went back to the Gentoo route.  I 
> let it sit for about a month and a half while I dealt with other 
> crises^H^H^H^H^H^Hthings and I only just recently started working on it 
> again - I'm as far as getting X going with the Nvidia (not nv) driver.  
> There is Gentoo MythTV info and there's MythTV info, and one kind of has 
> to pick through both of them together along with the appropriate IRC 
> channel.  Timeliness of documentation is very important; you have to 
> know, for instance, that you have to jump ahead of Portage to get an 
> 8000-series Nvidia or no joy. 
> 
> At least I know that my hardware (TV included) functions.  One thing 
> that messed me up was that different devices react in different ways to 
> having null S-Video input, so, if you're looking at a blank screen when 
> you think you ought to be seeing something, one must make sure to 
> power-cycle the TV and perhaps the active switcher box in between it and 
> the MythTV box.
> 
> I also had to do things like buy S-Video cables with rubber-covered 
> connectors that I could whittle down in order for the connector to fit 
> into the Nvidia card or the TV.
> 
> Mike Harrison wrote:
> 
> >>we, uh, go to bed early, because our dogs get us up at 5am.. so we 
> >>watch TV from 7-9pm most nights. The other nights we sit out on the 
> >>porch and watch.... the trees!
> >>    
> >>
> > 
> >
> >Porch and Trees.. One of my favorite shows! 
> >My house: 1300sqft. My deck:  600+sqft. 
> >The view: Awesome. 
> >
> >-------
> >
> >   And that's why, although I'm bringing my MythTV box to the meeting
> >and it's awesome. It's also not been watched or used in weeks..
> >Nor has the TV Set.. It's just been too nice outside.
> >
> >But the next meeting, the really technical guy will be Jessee Guardiani, 
> >who uses his MythTV box a -LOT- and not just as a PVR, but as a game 
> >system, web browser.. etc.. etc..  and has munged and hacked it a lot.
> >
> >
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