MythTV install workshop?

Dave Germiquet davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Oct 25 17:37:51 UTC 2006


Not sure if anyone can answer this,

If im using the Svidfeo tuner on the PVR-150 can i use the Coaxial tuner at
the same time and record 2 shows cuz of the 2 inputs?


On 10/25/06, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I spoke to David Patrick down at Linuxcaffe this
> morning, and we are going to go with a KnoppMyth
> install event starting Sunday November 5th, 11:00 AM -
> to say 3:00 PM. This will be at Linuxcaffe 326 Harbord
> Street (nearest subway stop is Christie, about a 10
> minute walk away). The focus of this will be to do a
> hands on event, doing actual installs. Now here is
> hoping that we don't get say 50 people showing up at
> this as Linuxcaffe is a small place... If you do want
> to be at this installfest please e-mail me so if it
> looks like we will be short on space we can start
> making alternate plans.
>
> When it comes to PCs to be used for the install, you
> will want to bring a PC with these sorts of specs (or
> better):
>
> - PIII 750 MHz (better recommended)
> - 256 MB RAM (more recommended)
> - 80 GB hard drive (can be done with 2 x 40 GB drives
> but MUCH more is strongly recommended)
> - DVD or CD-ROM reader (DVD recommended).
> - 1 or more Linux support TV tuner cards (ideally the
> ones supported under the ivtv drivers see:
> http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Main_Page)
> - Video card (ideally one that can do mpeg decoding,
> such as a Hauppage PVR-350 or the nVidia 5200 (or
> better) video cards)
>
> Of further note, in last week's "24 Hours" newspaper
> there was Factory Direct coupon for the Adaptec
> AVC-2410 PCI TV tuner card ($29.99 with coupon, limit
> 2). I bought one last weekend, to go with my Hauppage
> PVR-150, this card gets along very well with
> KnoppMyth, does hardware mpeg encoding and comes with
> a remote control. In other words an excellent deal,
> and well worth grabbing one/two if you can.
>
> Only issues I have seen with the Adaptec card centre
> around the remote. There is no LIRC definition file
> that I have been able to find on-line yet (so, I am
> part way through creating my own...). Not thrilled
> with the button size on the remote (the buttons are a
> bit small for my tastes). Being a factory refurbished
> unit there are no batteries included with the remote
> (no big issue, the unit takes 2 standard AA size
> batteries). As pains go these are NOT serious as you
> can get a replacement remote for under $10 (or if you
> want more bells and whistles there are the Logitech
> Harmony remotes, some of which run into the hundreds
> of $, but come with goodies like colour LCD
> screens...).
>
> In case anyone is wondering why one might want more
> than one tuner card inside a PC, let me point out that
> there are times when two (or more) shows come on at
> the same time that you want to record... Further,
> there still seems to be issues with using TV tuner
> card that use the ivtv driver and ones that use the
> v4l driver, so when buying 2 (or more) tuner cards
> stick to one type (i.e. like the Adaptec AVC-2410 and
> Hauppage PVR-150 which both use the ivtv driver)...
>
> Any questions?
>
> Colin.
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