[ale] mythtv hardware question

[Josh Freeman]

I looked at that, but from everything I read in the documentation that
worked with Xfree86 and not Xorg? am I mistaken?

On 6/14/06, KingBahamut <gwosbahamut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hmmm.....Mr. Freeman....try --
>
> http://gatos.sourceforge.net/
>
>
>
>
> On 6/14/06, Josh Freeman < jkfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > speaking of Myth, has anyone got an ATI Radeon 7000 tv-out to work?
> > I've tried for several weeks, and it apears that the chipset is
> > defaulting to PAL. I can't find a driver that will make it work with
> > xorg 6.8
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On 6/14/06, Charles Shapiro < hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm in the throes of building a mythTV box meself. I got a Shuttle
> > "Zen"
> > > ST62K barebones, threw a P4 2.4 ghz processor, 512 mb of RAM, and a
> > 400 gb
> > > hard drive in there, and splurged on a PVR 500. I used knoppmyth R5B7
> > for
> > > the initial install.  I haven't actually gotten it to work yet due to
> > ALSA
> > > issues (which I hope to resolve when next I get some time to hack on
> > it).
> > >
> > >  But ivtv recognizes the card (both tuners), and after some initial
> > > thrashing re loading the firmware from the drive I believe it will
> > actually
> > > run it as well. I also had little trouble (like, only some minor
> > password
> > > idiocy on my part) connecting to zap2it and downloading my local
> > program
> > > listings.
> > >
> > >  The big question about speccing a mythTV box seems to be card vs
> > processor
> > > speed, but a P2.66 should be more than adequate from what I've been
> > able to
> > > gather.
> > >
> > >  BTW BEWARE of the "separate video modes..." choice in the "Options"
> > part of
> > > mythTV. If you check this blindly, it'll mung X for the "mythtv" user
> > and
> > > you won't be able to get it back -- at least, I was unable to find
> > where
> > > those parameters are kept from the command line. Perhaps it fiddles a
> > > database table. I eventually took the Path of Least Resistance and
> > > re-installed.
> > >
> > >  If you're gonna try to capture audio, you might want to consider
> > getting a
> > > kool sound card as well.
> > >
> > >  I concur with Mr. Farris's recomendations re video cards and capture
> > cards.
> > >
> > >  -- CHS
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/14/06, Chris Farris < chris at vitalpowers.com> wrote:
> > > > If your video card has TV-Out then get the 250 and use the video
> > card to
> > > > drive X. If your video card lacks TV-Out then get the 350 and use
> > the
> > > > ivtv-fb to drive X.
> > > >
> > > > Other than that, I'd stick w/ 1GB and spend the money on HD space.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > Daniel Howard wrote:
> > > > > Pardon me if I missed the summary of the recent MythTV build-in, I
> > get
> > > > > ALE in digest mode and do occasionally miss things.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm fed up with my Windows MCE platform for video
> > capture/editing/DVD
> > > > > creation, and even my Snapstream Win2k box with a Hauppauge USB
> > PVR add
> > > > > on, which used to do a wonderful job of PVR and video capture, is
> > > > > refusing to see the capture device now.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, I've got a P4, 2.66 GHz box I'm going to add some RAM to get
> > at
> > > > > least 1 GB, maybe 2GB, add a bigger hard drive, and add a video
> > capture
> > > > > card to turn it into a MythTV PVR/video editing box using, e.g.,
> > Kino.
> > > > >
> > > > > After initial Googling, I see that the Hauppauge-PVR 250 is quite
> > > > > popular for MythTV, and the 350 more capable, but lacking in
> > OpenGL and
> > > > > optimum X support.  I want to use this box for PVR, video capture
> > from
> > > > > my digital camcorder, video editing and DVD production, and audio
> > > > > capture from old vinyl records and reel-to-reel and cassette
> > tapes,
> > > > > editing, and studio production if possible.  The MythTV site is
> > somewhat
> > > > > ambiguous about recommending a particular video capture card, does
> >
> > > > > anyone have a recommendation?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Daniel
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