Another PVR question

[duncan brown]

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!
>
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> Charles Howse
> Jackson, TN
> Registered Linux user # 347576 (http://counter.li.org)
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