[ILUG] Linux HTPC

[jhallam]

damian,

i have dabbled a little with this myself.

i used mythdora, as everything was compiled in etc etc.
http://www.g-ding.tv/

knoppmyth was also another distro, but the last time i looked at either,
knoppmyth was slightly behind on the myth versions number, .18 i think
and mythdora was.20

a hauppage PVR-150 (not mce) card should suffice for the time being.
i got an MCE edition card, and while it works fine the remote does not.

i was using a crappy p31ghz i had laying around, and it was able to
encode and pause fwd rwd etc without much hassle.

i used the second scart output from my sky box to an svideo input on the
PVR-150 and audio as well.

as i said it worked fine, but as i never could get the remote to work
properly, i have kind of put it on the back burner for the time being.

James.


O'Sullivan, Damian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am thinking of implementing a MythTV based HTPC. This would mainly be
> for playing mpegs and other files but I would like to build in some PVR
> functionality too. I have Sky Digital and NTL basic. Anyone have any
> recommendations on a good tuner(s) or ant tips/caveats to look out for?
> At the moment I have a laptop (FC6 + Mplayer) to do the music/mpegs bit
> but really want something remote based so I don't have to leave the
> couch! Was going to buy a WiFi phone so I could control the laptop from
> couch but I think a remote might be better!
>
> Thanks,
>
> D.
>