[ale] MythTV InstallFest?

[Greg Clifton]

I vote for a fest somewhere soon. I have Atom 330 and Atom 510 "book" PCs w/
Ion chipset to play with and would appreciate some training wheels to get
them configured.

GC

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:20 PM, H P Ladds <householdwords at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>>  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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>>
>> 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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