Linux PVR

[lerninlinux at comcast.net]

> MythTV  also has a module for your phone so CID pops up, has built in
> VOIP capabilities, weather, news, DVD's, music, games, and some sort of

Only wish they supported my old dvd decoder cards,  one less item in the stereo cabinet!


> On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:25 -0600, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 December 2004 12:22 pm, Brad wrote:
> > 
> > > I have a MythTV box about 90% functional.  I am just working through
> > > getting the IR receiver and serial port control of my cable box going.
> > > MyhtTV is a really nice setup.  I built it on Fedora Core 3 and followed
> > > Jarod Wilson's guide at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php.  Let me
> > > know if you need more information.
> > 
> > What hardware are you using?  Is the serial port control an alternative to 
> > using an IR transmitter from the PC to control the cable box?  Any particular 
> > challanges?
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Kclug mailing list
> > Kclug at kclug.org
> > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
> > 
> > 
> -- 
> 
> I am using a Celeron 2.4 Gig CPU, Audigy 2 sound card, GForce 4 video
> card for TV out and a PVR250 for capture.  This is all standard hardware
> and recommended by Jarod's how-to.  Since it is not fully functional yet
> I am still testing with coax into the tuner card, but will switch that
> to RCA for better quality signal when it goes 'live' (the box has to be
> wife-friendly before it can be used :) ).    
> 
> Yes, serial port control of the cable box is an alternative to an IR
> blaster which is slow.  Whether or not you can do this depends upon the
> model of your cable box and whether or not the cable company has the
> serial port active.  I have a motorola dc2xxx series and depending upon
> the firmware, these may or may not work. 
> 
> I plan on converting this box to a dedicated backend with another
> capture card to grab signal from another cable box and then have a
> frontend with multiple TV out cards to feed two TV's.  That way I can
> either watch 2 separate shows on 2 different TV's or watch one show and
> record another.
> 
> MythTV  also has a module for your phone so CID pops up, has built in
> VOIP capabilities, weather, news, DVD's, music, games, and some sort of
> Xbox interface that I have not yet played with.
> 
> Brad
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Kclug mailing list
> Kclug at kclug.org
> http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug