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I'm using:
Capture - DSE XH6594 video capture card (for Sky Digital) - this is a
rebadged Avermedia EZCapture
Capture - An SAA7134 capture card (can't remember which one) for FTA
analog broadcasts
Capture - TechniSat SkyStar 2 TV DVB-S capture card for unencrypted
satelite broadcasts (using the Sky Digital dish so just TV1, TV2,
Maori, and NASA TV).

Motherboard - Asus A7N8X
CPU - Sempron 3000+. Actually a 2600+ I think, but overclocked via FSB
to 2GHz - has been perfectly stable.
RAM - 256MB. Haven't found a use for more.
Sound - DSE XH7847 - 6 channel PCI sound card. I need two audio
capture devices and this one comes with the S/PDIF bracket so I can
output to my AV receiver. The motherboard also has S/PDIF out but I
don't have the bracket/adapter.

Remote - existing universal remote via homebuilt Lirc receiver. This
seems to have lost reliability over time - it's very unreliable now. I
mainly use a BTC 9019URF keyboard which is great. It's got a joystick
which works with MythTV and MAME, and can be used in mouse mode if
necessary.

> Capture - DVB-T Card - optional but hopefully test transmissions in
> Auckland will go live.

What will be offered? And when? I recommend DVB-S if you've got Sky
Digital. As well as the great quality on TV1 and 2, you can grab the
Sky EPG data this way.

> Software

I'm using Gentoo. MythTV 18.1 (standard Gentoo ebuild).

Steve

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My goal was to have a small, quiet system. Instead of the massively
powerful 64-bit systems some people are using, I have a Via mini-ITX board
with a fanless CPU. I was originally hoping to not use a hard drive in the
system, but I think that is a bit ambitious for now. Even with the hard
drive (the quietest one available at the time) and a small case fan to keep
it cool, it's still essentially silent. I probably won't bother trying to
eliminate the hard drive and get a net or compact flash boot
working. There's no DVD or CD drive in the system, so no KnoppMyth.

I don't know anything about the DVB cards. Are they just good for getting
program listings, or is it possible to get a Sky decoder add-on for them to
capture programming as well?

- Dagan

At 01:22 p.m. 2/12/2005 +1300, Steven Ellis wrote:
>I've been prototyping a MythTV Box but I'm still waiting on the right
>hardware be readily available in NZ as i'm after a tightly integrated
>solution. Looking to build this in late Jan.
>
>Hardware
>-----------
>
>Capture - Hauppauge PVR 150 MCE - primary capture - might upgrade to a
>PVR 500 for dual tuners.
>Capture - SAA7134 analog capture card - backup source.
>Capture - DVB-T Card - optional but hopefully test transmissions in
>Auckland will go live.
>
>Motherboard - After a Socket 939 board with integrated digital audio,
>raid, and TV out including Component, SVideo and DVI - Considering ASUS
>A8N-VM CSM
>CPU - Ideally a Socket 939 Sempron to keep price down, but I might have
>to use a full Athlon 64
>Ram - 512Mb with as little as I need dedicated to the onboard video.
>
>Remote - Existing Universal Remote.
>
>Software
>----------
>Built a rough prototype using a recent alpha of knoppmyth and managed to
>get the recent ivtv patches working so the PVR 150 could capture. Works
>really well. Also did the tweaks to get the tv guide up and running for
>analog stations in auckland.
>
>For the prod system i'd like to use a clean debian or ubuntu build with
>as much off the shelf MythTv as possible.
>
>
>So what is everyone else up to then?
>
>Steve


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On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 13:22 +1300, Steven Ellis wrote:

> So what is everyone else up to then?

Posted some details before, but specifically:

Capture:
- TechniSat SkyStar 2 DVB-S for digital FTA broadcast

Output:
- Nvidia GeForceFX 5200. Not ideal, possibly replace with a 6xxx board,
or replace TV with one capable of HDMI/DVI.

Board/CPU/etc:
- Gigabyte GA-7VRXP .. old board I had spare
- Althon XP 2400+
- 256M of RAM
- Cheap DSE 6-channel sound card. Only using optical SPDIF out for
PCM/AC3/DTS to HT receiver
- Silverstone LC16M case

OS/Software:
- Debian "sarge"
- MythTV 0.17 .. must upgrade at some point but holding off for 0.19 or
0.20, whenever the big UI merge happens.

Piccy of the setup (w/the receiver) at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twodave/60310687/

--
David Zanetti <david.zanetti@catalyst.net.nz>
Team Leader, Systems Administration
Catalyst IT Limited
+64-4-8032233 +64-21-402260

>So what is everyone else up to then?
>

FE/BE machine
-----------
Capture
Hauppauge PVR-350
Hauppauge PVR-150MCE
Only FTA as I've yet to get the IR Blaster working with Sky Digital.

Output
Nvidia FeForceFX 5700 - composite video out til TV gets upgraded.
Replaced fan with Coolermaster VGA cooler.

CPU/MB
Athlon64 3200+
GigaByte K8NS Ultra939
Using onboard audio
3 x SATA drives (Mix of brands and sizes. 1 for Myth, 1 for
Archives and 1 for eveything else)
Ahanix MCE601 case

Running Fedora Core 4 (64bit) with MythTV 0.18.1 via yum and Jarod's guide.


FE
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Also have MythTV installed on my Powermac G5 with OS X 10.4.

- Wade

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