On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:39:50 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Pre-build MythTV Linux PVR eats Windows MCE for breakfast
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> | Basically this is an unpack-and-plug-in solution to your media |
> streaming/live TV pausing/scheduled recording needs. Yes, you | could
> build your own Linux box and install MythTV, but this saves | you all the
> effort, is cheaper than a Windows Media Centre and | gives you access to a
> vast range of fan-programmed add-ons. `----
>
> http://www.slashgear.com/pre-build-mythtv-linux-pvr-eats-windows-mce-for-breakfast-152985.php
I used Knoppmyth to build a MythTV box out of a 2GHz P4 (Socket 478 400MHz
FSB). I installed a SkyStar2 DVB-S receiver Card as well as a WinFast
2000/XP TV Capture Card. The SkyStar2 is set up to receive Galaxy 10R
programming. It's mostly old stuff like Mission: Impossible from the last
60s/early 70s as well as some trash TV I enjoy (Eye For An Eye).
The DVB-S card makes recording really easy because the system doesn't do
any MPEG encoding. This is because the DVB stream is already MPEG encoded.
The only thing the box is really doing is retreiving the Transport Stream
and pulling out the relevant Program Streams (Video and Audio) and storing
them to Disk.
My Hardware:
2GHz P4 (400MHz FSB)
Intel Desktop Motherboard (Onboard LAN and Audio)
nVidia GeForce Ti 4400 (I wonder if my Matrox G400 would be a better card)
120GB Hard Drive
Technisat Skystar2 DVB-S Card
36" Ku Band Satellite Dish
0.4dB Dual port Linear LNBF
Winfast 2000/XP Card (Conexant CX2388x)
Here's my lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4400] (rev a2)
02:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
02:04.0 Network controller: Techsan Electronics Co Ltd B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card (rev 02)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 82)
One day, I"ll buy a new machine in a small case and only use the DVB-S
card. This will be placed conveniently under the TV and become my
satellite receiver.
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