[Cialug] DVRs

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

Ok, so here's what I got.
I started with a Biostar SFF pc (used to be a car computer!) with a 2GHz P4
(socket 478) w/ ~640mb ram (I think)
nVidia GeForce FX 5500 AGP graphics card.  Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i).
Mythbuntu 8.04 in hybrid mode.  80 GB "starter" hard drive.

That didn't work so I bumped up to a full tower w/
Shuttle mobo w/ 3GHz hyper-threaded (64 bit compat.) P4 (LGA775) w/ 1GB
ram.  Moved my video and tuner cards over, and stuck in a 40GB "test" Hard
Drive just to set it up.  Same os.

I've followed the steps to get the 800i working and I *can* get channels on
it.  The problem is when tuning in digital mode I can *usually* get it to
come up, but when changing channels it locks up.  In analog mode it will
tune a channel then "drift" past into static.  The same problem exists on
both machines.  I'm tempted to try it again in Windows <gasp>.  I had it on
vista temporarially, but it never quite worked right.  I assumed that was
because it was on a system that couldn't really handle vista.


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Theron Conrey <theron.conrey at dice.com>wrote:

>  I've got a dedicated mythbuntu box set up using some old dual NTSC
> haupauge cards in a media case.  It's worked for me well over the last few
> years, but it's gone through some serious overhauls every few months because
> I always get that "ooooh that feature would be nice!" and break something.
> If I'd just leave it alone, I'd say that I've fantastic luck with it.
>
> -Theron
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of
> jrnosee at gmail.com [jrnosee at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:06 PM
> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* [Cialug] DVRs
>
>   Has anyone in the group set up MythTV/other DVR solutions?  I've been
> trying to set one up for a while and I'm running into problems.  I'd like to
> know if anyone has had success with this.
>
> --Justin
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