OK, I've just found mythtv and I'm going to have a go at setting it up, but
I have some daft questions.
1) (I don't know if I dare ask this....) - which is the 'best' flavour of
Linux to use for this - the PC in question isn't going to be used for
anything else except mythtv. Is there any real difference between them for
this? (I have a copy of RedHat sitting around, but I can use something else
if it's better/easier)
2) Is there any 'trick' to having two TV cards in a single PC? Don't they
conflict? I presume 'basic' TV cards are better than fancy ones (eg a WinTV
Theater rather than a WinTV PVR-350). If I want two cards should they be
different makes to avoid conflicts? Are any TV cards better than any others?
3) Does RAM make any difference to MythTV (would 1GB be better than 256M or
512M?) given that the PC is ONLY going to be used for MythTV.
Any problems with the following PC spec?
- AMD Athlon XP 2800+
- Asus A7V8X/LAN motherboard (built in audio)
- 512MB DDR RAM
- 120GB UDMA-100 drive
- IDE DVD-ROM drive
- ATI 9000 card with TV-Out
- Hauppauge WinTV Theater (x 2?)
- PC BlastIR
any components there which are going to be a problem? Would there be any
that anyone would recommend instead?
Sorry if these are daft questions but I'm not a Linux expert (Windows,
yes..) and I've never used MythTV before so I thought I'd better ask before
trying and wasting money.
Any other thoughts/comments would be welcome :-)
I have some daft questions.
1) (I don't know if I dare ask this....) - which is the 'best' flavour of
Linux to use for this - the PC in question isn't going to be used for
anything else except mythtv. Is there any real difference between them for
this? (I have a copy of RedHat sitting around, but I can use something else
if it's better/easier)
2) Is there any 'trick' to having two TV cards in a single PC? Don't they
conflict? I presume 'basic' TV cards are better than fancy ones (eg a WinTV
Theater rather than a WinTV PVR-350). If I want two cards should they be
different makes to avoid conflicts? Are any TV cards better than any others?
3) Does RAM make any difference to MythTV (would 1GB be better than 256M or
512M?) given that the PC is ONLY going to be used for MythTV.
Any problems with the following PC spec?
- AMD Athlon XP 2800+
- Asus A7V8X/LAN motherboard (built in audio)
- 512MB DDR RAM
- 120GB UDMA-100 drive
- IDE DVD-ROM drive
- ATI 9000 card with TV-Out
- Hauppauge WinTV Theater (x 2?)
- PC BlastIR
any components there which are going to be a problem? Would there be any
that anyone would recommend instead?
Sorry if these are daft questions but I'm not a Linux expert (Windows,
yes..) and I've never used MythTV before so I thought I'd better ask before
trying and wasting money.
Any other thoughts/comments would be welcome :-)