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color=#0000ff size=2>im just going through a similar install...i bought a new pc
for the purpose but i built myth on a cele500 with the 150 to see how well
things went...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>pvr-150 has mpeg2 on it so it means your already receiving
mpeg2 streams recording at mpeg2 should work on anything over a 266 mhz
pc....i mean really all your doing at the capture point is cat /dev/video0
>> file.mpg....so its merely a copy to file...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>transcoding wont be quick on a small box but transcoding
can be ignored unless you are short on diskspace (2terabytes in my PC so i
dont bother transcoding...dvd is mpeg2 also so it's the easiest way for me to
cut them abck to dvd (tv series collections etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>live tv on the 500 worked np but i have heard that people
under 500 have issues....try and see...make sure you have dma on on your
harddisks and it's not a via chipset mobo...via suck for dma
channels..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>other than that as long as you have alsa drivers and video
drivers (nvidia/ati if its a new card) you should be
fine....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>be aware you need to use mplayer to test the pvr-150
...xawtv etc do not work with ivtv cards....and the pvr-150 drivers you need atm
are on <A href="http://www.ivtv.tv......version">www.ivtv.tv......version</A> 3
drivers unstable..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Adam Pash [mailto:adam.pash@gmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 25 May 2005 9:55 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] Bottom-end MythTv
Suggestions<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi everyone,<BR><BR>I'm new to both mythtv and linux, but I'm hoping
to tackle both. I'm hoping to setup a system that I can use as an
all-in-one (front-end + backend) system. I've got an old pc (amd-k6
w/multimedia 300mhz, 288mb ram, pvr-150 [from my other computer], dvd-rom) and I
don't know if I'm ready to tackle all that would go into installing a linux
distrubution and mythtv on a system as old as this. I'm looking for
suggestions for hardware (mobo, processor, video card w/tv out) that I can throw
together with the pvr-150 remaining salvagable parts and get a mythtv up and
running in the most simple fashion for a linux newbie.<BR><BR>I understand that
this will probably be a somewhat large undertaking for someone who doesn't know
anything about linux, so I'm ready to put some time into it; nonetheless, I
figure that it'd be best to start out with the odd in my favor when it comes to
hardware. I've read the Fedora-Myth HOWTO, and I think that's the route
I'd like to take, but like I said, I'm looking for suggestions for the cheapest
hardware purchases that will still get me a good system.<BR><BR>I'm hoping to
use it mostly to record, transcode, and watch my video. I don't need it
for live tv watching, but that wouldn't hurt! I'm excited to try the
different offerings of mythtv, but those are my main NEEDS.<BR><BR>Thanks a lot
for any suggestions,<BR>Adam<BR></BODY></HTML>