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> On 13 Nov 2002 at 18:23, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
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>> me. Perhaps it's my on-board VIA audio. Don't know. That's the best
>> part...it could be almost anything!
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> Are you using the onboard stuff for your audio or an add in sound card?
> If the latter, then you should, actually pretty much MUST disable the
> onboard stuff.
>
Sadly, I'm using on-board sound :( I downloaded Mandrake 9 last night (I
pulled down the 1.8GB pretty fast!) and I burned the ISOs to CDs this
morning. I'm going to try a MythTV install under Mandrake as I've heard
it's easier than RH8, at least as far as ALSA goes.

Wish me luck ;)

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:34:15AM -0800, Jeremy Oddo wrote:

> Sadly, I'm using on-board sound :( I downloaded Mandrake 9 last night (I
> pulled down the 1.8GB pretty fast!) and I burned the ISOs to CDs this
> morning. I'm going to try a MythTV install under Mandrake as I've heard
> it's easier than RH8, at least as far as ALSA goes.

Since you're using onboard audio, your time would be better spent getting a
real sound card. They are quite inexpensive now, and the quality is far
superior to onboard sound in my experience.

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- mdz

> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:34:15AM -0800, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
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>> Sadly, I'm using on-board sound :( I downloaded Mandrake 9 last night
>> (I pulled down the 1.8GB pretty fast!) and I burned the ISOs to CDs
>> this morning. I'm going to try a MythTV install under Mandrake as
>> I've heard it's easier than RH8, at least as far as ALSA goes.
>
> Since you're using onboard audio, your time would be better spent
> getting a real sound card. They are quite inexpensive now, and the
> quality is far superior to onboard sound in my experience.
>
Sure. I agree with you 100%...BUT...this is a TEST machine. I need to
see how everything is going to work in order to determine if I want to
build a nice TV-component-style MythTV box (ie: how it's going to work
with my digital cable, and how I'm going to handle the IR stuff).

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:03:44PM -0800, Jeremy Oddo wrote:

> > Since you're using onboard audio, your time would be better spent
> > getting a real sound card. They are quite inexpensive now, and the
> > quality is far superior to onboard sound in my experience.
> >
> Sure. I agree with you 100%...BUT...this is a TEST machine. I need to
> see how everything is going to work in order to determine if I want to
> build a nice TV-component-style MythTV box (ie: how it's going to work
> with my digital cable, and how I'm going to handle the IR stuff).

It comes down to whether you want to spend hours, days or weeks on testing
(and sending a lot of urgent pleas to a mailing list), or spend USD$10 on a
sound card which just works.

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- mdz

> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:03:44PM -0800, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
>
>> > Since you're using onboard audio, your time would be better spent
>> getting a real sound card. They are quite inexpensive now, and the
>> quality is far superior to onboard sound in my experience.
>> >
>> Sure. I agree with you 100%...BUT...this is a TEST machine. I need
>> to see how everything is going to work in order to determine if I want
>> to build a nice TV-component-style MythTV box (ie: how it's going to
>> work with my digital cable, and how I'm going to handle the IR stuff).
>
> It comes down to whether you want to spend hours, days or weeks on
> testing (and sending a lot of urgent pleas to a mailing list), or spend
> USD$10 on a sound card which just works.
>
You make a good point. I'm hoping that once I set up a MythTV machine
once, the next one will go MUCH smoother (that's how I approached my mail
server). Also, I'm probably going to have to get a totally new machine.
Right now I'm using an Athlon 1700+ XP. I don't think I want to use an
Athlon for my REAL MythTV setup for one main reason: heat. My Athlon
1700+ COOKS and therefore needs a heavy-duty (read: noisy) fan. I don't
think I want to have a machine on 24/7 that gets as hot as my Athlon does.


Jeremy

Hi Jeremy,

Have a look at the XPC machines from Shuttle (www.shuttle.com), they are
slightly more expensive than your normal case+M/B but are a lot more
living room friendly (i.e. small). They also use heat pipe technology
with a low speed (quite) fan. Its what I plan to use once I have cracked
the STB channel change problem.

There is supposed to be a new model that's about to be released, the
SS41. This is based on the Nvidia nForce2 chipset and has a nForce video
chip on board (dunno about TV out). Although I'd guess we'd have to wait
for the Linux drivers to be released.

Alternatively there is an SS40G with TV out that works with Linux but
its based on an SiS chipset (and the drivers are not supported by the
manufacturers).

Martyn

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-dev-admin@snowman.net [mailto:mythtv-dev-admin@snowman.net]
On Behalf Of Jeremy Oddo
Sent: 15 November 2002 02:18
To: mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Subject: Re: [mythtv] Couple Newbie Questions


> On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:03:44PM -0800, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
>
>> > Since you're using onboard audio, your time would be better spent
>> getting a real sound card. They are quite inexpensive now, and the
>> quality is far superior to onboard sound in my experience.
>> >
>> Sure. I agree with you 100%...BUT...this is a TEST machine. I need
>> to see how everything is going to work in order to determine if I
>> want to build a nice TV-component-style MythTV box (ie: how it's
>> going to work with my digital cable, and how I'm going to handle the
>> IR stuff).
>
> It comes down to whether you want to spend hours, days or weeks on
> testing (and sending a lot of urgent pleas to a mailing list), or
> spend USD$10 on a sound card which just works.
>
You make a good point. I'm hoping that once I set up a MythTV machine
once, the next one will go MUCH smoother (that's how I approached my
mail server). Also, I'm probably going to have to get a totally new
machine.
Right now I'm using an Athlon 1700+ XP. I don't think I want to use an
Athlon for my REAL MythTV setup for one main reason: heat. My Athlon
1700+ COOKS and therefore needs a heavy-duty (read: noisy) fan. I don't
think I want to have a machine on 24/7 that gets as hot as my Athlon
does.


Jeremy


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> Have a look at the XPC machines from Shuttle (www.shuttle.com), they are
> slightly more expensive than your normal case+M/B but are a lot more
> living room friendly (i.e. small). They also use heat pipe technology
> with a low speed (quite) fan.
Hee Hee. Yes, I have seen the cases and was also thinking about getting
one! I read an article on the new case coming out and it looks very cool.
Small and quite. The only drawback is that you need to use THEIR smaller
form-factor mobos. The heat pipe technology is nice, eh?!

> Its what I plan to use once I have cracked
> the STB channel change problem.
>
OK, I must have missed something along the way. A lot of people are
talking about STB. What is it?!

On Friday 15 November 2002 18:45, you wrote:

> > Its what I plan to use once I have cracked
> > the STB channel change problem.
>
> OK, I must have missed something along the way. A lot of people are
> talking about STB. What is it?!
STB Set Top Box

In my case its an NTL digital cable box made by Pace, and a lot of people
have had problems with NTL and TELEWEST STBs as they use a modified irda
protocol. After asking around it is possible that my box, a Di4000 may also
support standard remote codes inaddition to the irda ones but I have yet to
get it to work. The model I have has no serial port so I cant control it via
that, has to be via an IR blaster type device.

Thanks

Martyn