[ale] MythTV InstallFest?

[H P Ladds]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com>wrote:

> I second this.  Lets have this at the earliest pls pls pls.
>

Perhaps we can dovetail with the Linux Fest on the 19th? The difficult part
of a MythTV InstallFest is the video signal. The last fest was located at a
crude (but effect) site that offered cable (unencrypted), DirecTV, OTA.

On Feb 7, 2011 3:02 PM, "JD" <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
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>  Perhaps it is time time to crank up another MythTV InstallFest?  The
> MythTV Yahoo Group -- MUCH  (discussed earlier) originated out of a MythTV
> InstallFest. That had to be about 2+ years ago.
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> I've attempted to install MythTV 3 times since 2000 and failed to get it
> configured each time. About two weeks ago, I did an apt-get purge myth* yet
> again.  I have never asked for help, so it definitely is my fault.
>
> I can't bring my media/storage server to an install fest, but I can bring a
> dual-core netbook and *Hauppauge 950Q* to learn the finer points of
> installation. I *intend* to get a *dual HD-HomeRun ATSC+QAM* tuner the
> next time they get cheap. I regret not buying on Black Friday. ;(
>

Everyone who has one of these seems to love them. I don't have one.


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> My ideal installation would be MythTV running inside a KVM VM and
> accessing/writing media on a NFS mount or iSCSI SAN. Am I dreaming?
>
>
In theory, it should work. The NFS is certainly no problem; in fact, it's
nearly mandatory in some instances. Basic MythTV operations are not
particularly cpu intensive, and therefore probably would be OK in a VM.
However; if you are going to do more advanced MythTV stuff (like
transcoding), then MythTV and VM would be a pretty CPU intensive.

Check out MUCH @ http://groups.google.com/group/MUCH_Att -- I've seem some
stellar advice provided there. It's a small group of local MythTVers. Also
it would be the place to rally support for a MythTV InstallFest.

Cheers,
Preston
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