Getting TV onto a Linux box

[Chris Clarke]

On 28 Dec 2004 12:34:31 -0500, Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Sidney Shapiro <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > >
> > >Hmm, I must have misunderstood something in the past.  You are right.
> > >
> > >Hmm, so taht would make it great as additional recording tuners for a
> > >PVR box, with a 350 doing the playback (and recording too of course).
> > >
> > >Lennart Sorensen
> > >-
> > >
> >
> > How would I go about setting up a PVR using mythtv which can both record and
> > play back on the TV? I have a server I can use, but I do not have a video
> > card which I can use for video in/out.
> 
> There are many options but the easiest is to get yourself an
> Haupauge WinTV PVR 350 since it has TV in and out with MPEG2 hardware
> encode/decode.  See the documentation at http://www.mythtv.org/ for a more or
> less complete recipe.
> 
> > Do I need to have MPG encoding for
> > both in and out?
> 
> No, but you will have much better performance and more flexibility in your
> choice of the other hardware components.  Again, consult the MythTV
> documentation for hardware recommendations.
> 
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Another great resource if you're going down the MythTV route is jarod
wilson's guide at www.wilsonet.com and the mythtv mailing list is
really helpful as well

Chris
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