[Cialug] DVRs

[Josh More]

I cheated too.

I decided that all this was far too much effort just to watch TV, so I
mostly read books instead.  ;)


 
 

-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC 
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>>> "Tim Wilson" <tim_linux at wilson-home.com> 09/18/08 10:29 AM >>> 
I confess, I cheated too.  I have a standalone Series 1, and a DirecTV
Tivo
Series 2.  I'm excited for the new DirecTV Tivo.  Too bad I have to
wait a
year for it to be released.

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Tim Champion
<timchampion at gmail.com>wrote:

> I cheated. ... bought a TiVo. :)  Its not a geeky, but I highly
recommend
> it as it is much less stressful, and the wife loves it. It's been
running
> strong for something like 3 years, I think.
>
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:10 AM, <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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-- 
Tim