[mythtvnz] So what hardware/software is everyone using?

[Dagan Galarneau]

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