MythTV presentation sources and resources.

[Colin McGregor]

--- Dave Germiquet <davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Just so you know I've  bought a IR blaster / ir
> receiver before for
> about 20 bucks however you should make sure the
> following:

Where did you get your IR blaster? I expect to be
dealing with a box early in the new year where I will
have to use an IR blaster, and if I can go with a
pre-built solution that would be nice...

> 1. You have enough serial ports (it appears NEW
> computers are getting
> rid of serial ports) this pisses me off

Agreed.

> 2. You have enough PCI slots (most computers
> nowadays are only having
> 3 or 4 which piss me off toop)

This is not as big a concern in my mind as there are
some external tuners that do work with MythTV such as:

  www.silicondust.com

Colin McGregor

> On Dec 18, 2007 1:43 PM, Colin McGregor
> <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > --- Dave Germiquet <davegermiquet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > > - Get a basic (under $50) nVidia based card for
> > > output, and what ever tuner card(s) meet your
> > > technical/budget demands (the route I have
> currently
> > > taken).
> > >
> > > If its any help, I used this option to with my
> PVR
> > > 150. The thing to
> > > note is that some tuners have blasters.. I don't
> > > think the 350 does :)
> >
> > Valid point. There have been multiple versions of
> the
> > Happauge PVR-150, some with remote controls,
> and/or IR
> > blasters. An IR blaster is important IF you need
> your
> > computer to be able to control an external cable
> > and/or satellite TV box (the IR blaster lets your
> > MythTV box mimic the remote for the cable or
> satellite
> > box).
> >
> > The above explains why Tiger Direct sells two
> versions
> > of the PVR-150 one for $85.99 another for $121.99
> > (first is just the bare card, the other is card
> plus
> > remote, IR detector and IR blaster).
> >
> > You will likely want multiple tuners (Murphy's Law
> for
> > TV being: 29 days of the month there is nothing
> but
> > @#$% on TV and then for 1-2 days everything you
> want
> > to see is scheduled all at the same time :-( ).
> But in
> > a typical MythTV box you only want/need one TV IR
> > detector. So, if your hopeless with tools (see
> below)
> > you would want one tuner with the extra bits and
> the
> > extra card(s) to be bare bones.
> >
> > If you are handy with a low wattage soldering
> iron,
> > you can build your own IR detector, as I've noted
> > here:
> >
> >   http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8811
> >
> > Colin McGregor

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