Another PVR question

Charles Howse chowse at charter.net
Mon Apr 19 15:10:00 UTC 2004


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On Monday 19 April 2004 09:33 am, duncan brown wrote:

Cool, thanks!

> do a google for
>
> mythtv fedora apt
>
> you'll see dag's repository on the top of the list, go there and check out
> his repository and how to add it to your system's pool of available
> software.  he has rpms all ready to go.
>
> -d
>
> Charles Howse said:
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> > Hi,
> > I know this has been discussed here before, but I have just spent about
> > 1.5  hrs searching the list archives (no hits for "PVR"), Google'ing,
> > readiing  HOWTO's, and getting utterly confused, so I will beg
> > forgiveness, and ask the  list.
> >
> > My problem:
> > I want to install a PVR on this computer without fubar'ing my current
> > setup.
> >
> > My requirements:
> > Watch live TV, record while I'm away, watch recorded shows.
> > No need to record and watch live TV at the same time.
> > FM Radio and Internet Radio would be nice, but not necessary.
> > Prefer not to do a kernel compile, but this is not out of the question.
> > Prefer not to spend over $50 US on TV card.
> > Can't afford any extra hardware.
> >
> > This computer - PIII 600, 512 MB ram.  Dual-booting Win XP Pro and FC1.
> > [root at moe root]# uname -a
> > Linux moe 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl #1 Wed Feb 18 16:38:32 EST 2004 i686 i686
> > i386  GNU/Linux
> > KDE 3.2
> > No TV Tuner/Video Capture card yet.
> >
> > My confusion:
> > After reading http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2, it
> > looks  like it's not too difficult, and I see there is yum support, but
> > I'd like  some reassurance.  :-)
> > Has anyone installed MythTV on a system similar to mine, if so, how did
> > it go? What about additional drivers for ALSA, lirc, capture cards, etc?
> > Is my hardware good enough for what I want to do?
> >
> > Any other comments would be welcome.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > - --
> > Charles Howse
> > Jackson, TN
> > Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org)
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Charles Howse
Jackson, TN
Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org)
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