[plug] mythtv, HDTV card

[W.Kenworthy]

Topical: I got mythtv working last night on gentoo with my ancient
spirit capture card on a desktop machine to test it.  Software install
was pain free.  Its working - sortof: I have picture but no sound so
far.  tvtime still works fine.  However I set something wrong at one
point and the picture went black & white: eventually a hard crash and a
reboot brought it back.

bttv and tuners are another sore point.  Theyve changed the interface
yet AGAIN!  Now my tuner type is 7, not the 1 thats its been for years.

I am trying to see if I can put together a single media box that will
satisfy "she who must be pleased" with better features than buying a
bunch of components (set top box, radio, analog TV receiver, DVD
recorder/player, etc).  I think it will work, but I need a glitch free
glitzy demo to sell the idea ... MythTV looks like quite a nice app, but
its complicated.

BillK


On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 00:31 +0800, Jim Householder wrote:
> Mythtv is apparently very popular.  I'm not sure why.  I've had nothing 
> but problems trying to install it.
> 
> Latest try: expanded tarball for 0.18.1 and followed the instructions.
> ./configure with options to enable dvb
> qmake mythtv.pro
> 
> results:  a Makefile link pointing to itself, and /dev/rtc missing so 
> now tvtime won't work.
> 
> I got the V-Stream Xpert DVB-T card from Jaycar, and found that I had 
> mis-interpreted the specs.  It does *not* receive analog broadcast.  It 
> does accept analog input from a camera.
> 
> I was hoping to use mythtv to watch HDTV.  Oh well...
> 
> Jim
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