RE: Mythtv - bit the bullet

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Any good resources on Myth & FreeSat?

I've got a box (AMD dual core 4.2GHz) in the living room with a pair of
DVB-S2 cards, with MythBuntu on the 2nd HDD, I got it seeing the DVB cards
but was unable to get the guide to load, either using the on-air data or
XMLTV so had to quickly bung on a copy of Win 7 and use the mediacenter so
as not to get murdered by the kids / wife at Christmas time.=20

Myth worked with the MCE compatible remote that came with a WinTV-HVR card
last year.

Any suggestions greatly received as the Windows solution is not great and
i=
s
quite unreliable choosing to trash the HDMI sound after a few hours needing
a reboot.

Alex


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Vargster
Sent: 18 January 2010 10:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mythtv - bit the bullet

LoL, I've just been thinking of refreshing my Myth setup with a 3600, lack
of tuners is my issue as my current box has three :)
But I noticed in the current Maplin (yes, yes, I know) catalogue that they
are doing a Dual freeview USB tunes for =A325.
There's no Linux compatitbility info on there, but it's be worth a go as
Maplin have a 14 day refund policy.
I'm currently using an old V1 MCE remote, which works fine, but that won't
help you as it's years old...

Lee


On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Ian Oliver <lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> I've been looking at mythtv for several years, but it's never all come
> together. Front-ends that were small, quiet, flexible, affordable and
> HD ready just didn't seem to exist.
>
> Then along came the Acer Aspire Revo R3600/R3610 and this changed. I'm
> now just at the start of getting everything going. I have a single
> R3600 running Mythbuntu and a backend made of scrap with just a single
> tuner. Even so, it's all very impressive, particularly mythweb.
>
> I have also got physical DVDs playing from a DVD drive in the backend
> using usbip. This needs work regards suspend/resume but looks like a
> workable solution.
>
> I'm now going to grab another couple of R3600s, make a proper backend
> with multiple tuners (advice for something energy efficient with
either
> PCI, PCIe or USB tuners, or even hdhomerun gratefully received) and
> work out what to do about remote controls.
>
> I bought a MCE remote, but it acts as a HID kbd+mouse, and isn't very
> lirc friendly. What do others do about remotes? I'd like something
> affordable, with loads of buttons, that my MX-500 remote can learn the
> codes of, and ideally where I can buy one remote and 3-4 USB
receivers.
>
> Ian Oliver
> Sunny Leeds, UK
> Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire
>
>  __._,_
>
>


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