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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A general note on 64 bit MythTV.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>64 Bit MythTV works with some caveats.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Xvmc drivers for Nvidia hardware (from Nvidia) are really bad with
current (7667) releases……..hopefully this will improve later, but
for now 64bit XVMC is spotty at best (it works every 5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup>
time).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>MythTV itself is pretty stable on 64bit Linux (I run my backend
24x7 – I’ve had three crashes in three months – not too bad).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>Mplayer/Xine work, but have limited codecs for some third party AVI’s
– basically anything that requires a 32bit codec WON’T work –
until the 64 bit implementations are more readily available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>64 bit Linux is pretty mature with support for most packages:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>To sum it up, if you absolutely must have
the 32bit codecs (ie. You have a lot of pre-existing AVI’s), or you
absolutely must have XVMC acceleration for HDTV (I do my HDTV thru xv) you
should go the 32bit route. Given your processor specs, HDTV will be fine with a
good Nvidia class AGP/PCI-E card (5200 or better, recommend the 6600). For
example my HDTV <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Greg Depasse<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 24, 2005
12:34 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users] System
Setup: Dual Opterons, Firewire, Xvmc,Homebrew Lirc, 64-bit packages, Hdtv (DVI
to HDMI),Panasonic PT-AE700U Projector, Optical Digital Audio Surround Output</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 8/24/05, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Matt Mousseau</span></b>
<<a href="mailto:matt@amsvans.com">matt@amsvans.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I'm looking to put together the system to end all systems. I
believe I have spec'd out all the hardware, but I was hoping to get some
feedback on everyone's experiences with each individual aspect of the system.
First I will post the proposed specs, then the desired software / hardware
behavior, then questions that I'm concerned with at the moment. If anyone thinks
of something I may have missed, please let me know!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Also, as I build this I will be writing a guide. I am very
much new to linux, so it should be helpful to the "n00bs" in the
community.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>System:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mobo: TYAN S2885ANRF (</span></font><a
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813151120"
target="_blank"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813151120
</span></font></a><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Proc: AMD Opteron 246 SledgeHammer 400MHz FSB (</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103412"
target="_blank"> <font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103412</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Raid: HighPoint ROCKETRAID2220 PCI-X SATA Controller (</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16816115022"
target="_blank"><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16816115022
</span></font></a></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ram: Thinking around 1gb / chip</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>HD's: 4x400gb SATA For my "archive" ;
2x250gb SATA "working"; 1x160gb PATA "music" ; 1x80gb PATA
"boot"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Firewire: Basic 4 Port controller (for hookup to my
HDTV recievers)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Nic's: Thinking the onboards should work, will add new
ones if necessary</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Audio: Need a recomendation here, onboard is Coax
SPDIF, was looking for an optical solution (longer run so i'm concerned about
noise)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Graphics: Recommendations are good here too, I want DVI
to HDMI for my projector, as well as a second monitor running (for diagnostics,
etc...)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<br>
Hi Matt-<br>
As a noob who has the same mobo I'd love to see what you come up with. I
haven't been able to get mine up and running. Of course, the bulk of my
problems have been trying to get a PVR-250 running (which you don't have
spec'd). The rest of the mobo stuff works great.<br>
<br>
I had the same plan as you (although not quite as extensive in the automation
dept). I bought the same mobo and CPUs. I also bought a couple
PVR-250's, only to find out that this mobo only has 1 slot compatible with the
cards. I've been trying on and off since April to get this working.
My wife and and I had our first child in March, so their hasn't been much free
time for me to work on this. I tried the 64-bit OS route and found that I
didn't gain much except a headache (be careful of some of the software
repository issues regarding the 64-bit distros), so I reverted to the 32-bit
versions. I've tried FC3 (jarod's guide), knoppmyth, gentoo, and suse
9.3. (And I'm about to try the new version of MythDora). I couldn't
get any of them to work with either of my PVR-250s. It's been a
couple months since I've last attempted an install, and I'm sure much has
improved in the 64-bit area since then so good luck. I'm not a linux
guru, which definitely accounts for some of the delay in getting this to
work. My guess is that you will have better luck. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Greg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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