[mythtv-gta]: A MythTV building workshop?

[Ijaaz A. Ullah]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:13 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury-Q6Ug6qEURudg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On 08/06/2010 03:11 PM, Colin McGregor wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:10 PM, aaron<memoryguy-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:55, R. G. Newbury<newbury-Q6Ug6qEURudg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like a good idea. Would also be useful to do the same (maybe in
>>>>> parallel) with Mythdora. There arr differences between Ubuntu based and
>>>>> Fedora based distros that can be highlighted plus some discussion of
>>>>> apt-get
>>>>> v yum setups. And dependency resolution for when things go wrong. (What?
>>>>> Something go wrong? What could go wrong?)
>>>>
>>>> I build from source on Slackware... is there a workshop for me? ;-)
>>>
>>> Not yet anyway :-) .
>>>
>>>> This sounds interesting. I'd like to go but it's far from me so I
>>>> might have trouble getting there. Keep us posted when it is and I'll
>>>> try to see if I can make it.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And I would add, at a minimum, if you can get one, an ATSC based tuner
>>>>> preferably USB style (Hauppauge HVR-950 would be good) and maybe the
>>>>> loan of
>>>>> an HDHomeRun. You might need an RF amp and some splitters, plus some
>>>>> coax
>>>>> cables. And amp and speakers....Some really good HD on a separate drive
>>>>> (/video!) and a pre-configured mythconverg db for 'show and tell'.
>>>>
>>>> I feel fairly comfortable with Myth... at least with my own
>>>> configuration... but I know I want to upgrade eventually. I'm
>>>> capturing from two PVR-250s, outputting via VGA from a GeForce4 440MX
>>>> (anyone else remember when that was the "recommended" card for Myth?
>>>> :) ). I know things have moved along quite a bit in the six years
>>>> since I built my system...
>>>
>>> Oh, that is dated. When I wrote about MythTV in the fall of 2005
>>> (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8658) the PVR-150 was out and the
>>> recommended video card was the GeForce 5200... Yes, you should be
>>> looking at some upgrades :-) .
>>>
>>> Colin.
>>
>> I wonder if some of the FreeGeek boxes would be powerful enough if you were
>> using vdpau (or even xvmc with an intel chipset and recent driver). That can
>> make an astounding difference.
>
> I gather that VDPAU capable video cards were not produced for AGP
> video card slots. I don't know if FreeGeek gets in any PCI-Express
> capable machines (I doubt it, but I will ask).
>
> Colin.
>
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I have a PCI (not PCI-Express) GeForce 8400 GS running myth on my main
front end.  (P4 2.4) and it does 1080p without breaking a sweat..
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