RE: Mythtv Recommendations

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For controlling a Sky+/Sky box, you may be interested in a mini-review I've
just written on a USB box that communicates with the box through the RF
port - no dodgy IR!

I'm just waiting on Mark getting back to me so I can upload it to
Automatedhome.co.uk - Is Mark away at the moment????

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Kim Wall
> Sent: 18 July 2005 14:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mythtv Recommendations
>
> aashram wrote:
> > Any experienced user recommend a good capture card (s-video or
rgb in)
> > What IR output device can I use to control my setup box.
>
> Using a Hauppage PVR250 with myth here - it Just Works, and the
> quality's spiffy.  The 150/500 are allegedly a little more fiddly to
get
> working (think they need a more recent ivtv driver), but many people
> seem to be using them.  The 350 works fine, and has a built-in
decoder,
> but personally I'd save myself a few quid and get a 250 and cheap
Nvidia
> card (the TV out works fine with the binary driver), especially if the
> backend is going in a separate box[0].
>
> If you're up to a little soldering, a serial IR dongle can be made
> relatively easily[1].  Myth doesn't care how it changes channel, it
just
> calls a script with the desired channel as a parameter, so it's dead
> easy to interface with pretty much anything.
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> kim.
>
> [0] Which I'd recommend if you're serious about myth - much easier to
> keep the disks/capture cards/beefier CPU cool if it's tucked out of
the
> way in node 0 where you don't mind a few fans.
>
> [1] I'm using an overly complicated PIC-based transmitter that I built
> ages before I'd heard of myth to allow control of the STB from any
> computer in house.
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