Sep 28: and so it begins...
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Excellent. I'm getting a bit disenchanted with Tivo for a lot of different reasons, so this definately appeals to me. Although I'm not crazy about the idea of running a PC in the entertainment center, and getting my wife used to the Tivo took so long that I can't imagine having to "retrain" her.
Rrrob: from what I understand, mythTV works a lot like a Tivo, so it may not be too bad to retrain. Once I get mine up and running you can come over and check it out.
As far as running a PC in the entertainment center, that's one of my big issues with it, too. It has the capability of splitting the front-end and the back-end onto separate machines. So, you could (and many have done) put the front-end on a low-spec ultra-quiet machine and have the monster that does all the processing and storage in a closet. I think that's the direction I'm leaning towards.
I would definitely recommend the split set up. This guy I know has his file server tucked away in an used area and it's so nice not to have to hear the hum of another machine, etc.
Plus, there are some hella cool boxes out there that will work for the living room. Maybe the wives of you two might even be okay with them; I wouldn't hold my breadth, though.
I've never met Cyndi nor have I gridded my way on over to her, but I like her from just this one post (and her other posts have also been good).
Okay, I was going to link to some of Cyndi's posts, but I realized that there's no search function for this site! This is absurd! How can something not have a search function?! Yes, it deserves double punctuation!!
ok, I added the search sidebar plugin. I originally took it out since it added clutter to the sidebar. It only seems to search the entries, though, not the comments.
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Excellent. I'm getting a bit disenchanted with Tivo for a lot of different reasons, so this definately appeals to me. Although I'm not crazy about the idea of running a PC in the entertainment center, and getting my wife used to the Tivo took so long that I can't imagine having to "retrain" her.
Rrrob: from what I understand, mythTV works a lot like a Tivo, so it may not be too bad to retrain. Once I get mine up and running you can come over and check it out.
As far as running a PC in the entertainment center, that's one of my big issues with it, too. It has the capability of splitting the front-end and the back-end onto separate machines. So, you could (and many have done) put the front-end on a low-spec ultra-quiet machine and have the monster that does all the processing and storage in a closet. I think that's the direction I'm leaning towards.
As far as running a PC in the entertainment center, that's one of my big issues with it, too. It has the capability of splitting the front-end and the back-end onto separate machines. So, you could (and many have done) put the front-end on a low-spec ultra-quiet machine and have the monster that does all the processing and storage in a closet. I think that's the direction I'm leaning towards.
I would definitely recommend the split set up. This guy I know has his file server tucked away in an used area and it's so nice not to have to hear the hum of another machine, etc.
Plus, there are some hella cool boxes out there that will work for the living room. Maybe the wives of you two might even be okay with them; I wouldn't hold my breadth, though.
Plus, there are some hella cool boxes out there that will work for the living room. Maybe the wives of you two might even be okay with them; I wouldn't hold my breadth, though.
I've never met Cyndi nor have I gridded my way on over to her, but I like her from just this one post (and her other posts have also been good).
Okay, I was going to link to some of Cyndi's posts, but I realized that there's no search function for this site! This is absurd! How can something not have a search function?! Yes, it deserves double punctuation!!
Okay, I was going to link to some of Cyndi's posts, but I realized that there's no search function for this site! This is absurd! How can something not have a search function?! Yes, it deserves double punctuation!!
ok, I added the search sidebar plugin. I originally took it out since it added clutter to the sidebar. It only seems to search the entries, though, not the comments.
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I'm still waiting for the Hauppage TV-tuner card that I posted about a while ago. And when I say 'a while', I really mean "holy crap! it's been almost a month!" I guess I should get off my butt and actually email them asking what's up. So, my Myth
Tracked: Oct 26, 15:52
Here's a status report on my MythTV box. As you may remember, I switched my main desktop from a PC running Debian GNU/Linux to a Mac G4--also running Debian, of course. As I posted earlier, I did this so that I could use the PC as my MythTV backend ma
Tracked: Jan 27, 16:40