[plug] Turning an out of date PC into a linux home entertainment thingymabob?

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 11:14, W.Kenworthy wrote:
> I will be doing this in the next week or two (I hope) - a motherboard
> failure meant that I had to go back to the drawing board with my whole
> setup!
> 
> You feed the video in to an analog digitiser and either control the
> foxtel box via the serial port (I believe this works but so far cant
> find enough detail) or use an IR blaster to mimic a remote control.  In
> both cases, mythtv allows a script to change the channels under its
> control.
> 
> BillK


Sounds good. Could it also deliver Foxtel IQ like features?

ie pause live tv...

She has an annoying habit of just muting the tv without asking me if she
think she hears a noise outside or something.

> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 09:15 +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 09:09, Mike Holland wrote:
> > > Ari,
> > > consider the noise  problem. Those XPs are hot, noisy boxes. Can you 
> > > underclock it and slow down the fans?
> > >     $100 could get you a (used?) TV-out VGA card, and a TV-capture card
> > > with remote. I think most TV cards work fine with Linux.
> > > 
> > >    However, why go to all that trouble on outdated technology?
> > > Digital TV cards are cheap now, and let you record the actual
> > > broadcast signal.
> > >    Anyway, its all in the PLUG list archives.
> > > 
> > > Alternatively, spend the hundred bucks on a DVD player with DivX/XviD.
> > > They also play MP3s, about 60 hours to a DVD.
> > 
> > 
> > On a related subject does anyone know if it is possible to use MythTV
> > with Foxtel?
> > 
> > I'm considering rigging up a MythTV machine for my girlfriend and her
> > dad to use with their Foxtel connection.
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > > 
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