Wow... Just "Wow." You've read quite a bit into that post. I didn't see any anger; on the contrary, he seemed rather calm while interjecting a differing opinion. What on earth would lead you think the poster had too much caffeine and/or anger management problems?
I mean, geez... There was no cursing, no mud slinging, no name calling. Maybe -you- need to relax and let people voice their (well-thought-out) opinions.
I believe that depends on your HOA. Around where I live, those fees also go for neighborhood cleanup (plowing/etc). I tend to agree that HOAs are evil. I looked at a few of them and decided "I'm buying this house, I'll do what I want with it." and avoided the HOA trap.
Deny service, sure. But allowing guests in isn't a 'service'. Mowing your lawn: service. Plowing your driveway: service. Blocking your family from coming to a birthday party: DIS-service.
My apologies, I didn't see that you mentioned a fix. I can definately see how a non-fullscreen module (mplayer, xine, etc?) could still show MythTV in the background. However, the poor picture quality could easily be caused by IVTV (as you suggested). IVTV can be a pain when you get into setting it up.. firmware revisions, kernel versions, and driver versions all have to be just right. For anyone experiencing problems, the mythtv-users archives are the best place to start
After rereading your post a couple of times, I think I see what you meant by "can't get myth without drivers"; if the drivers don't work, Myth doesn't work. Gotcha. =)
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MythTV can record HD to the extent that Linux-based hardware allows. Currently, that means OTA (Over-the-Air) broadcast HD is recordable, as is QAM (un-encrypted) over-the-cable HD. Generally, cable companies encrypt all non-OTA channels, so you _have_ to have an HD Cable Box to tune them. If you can get an HD Cable Box that has a firewire output on it (the cable company is _supposed_ to offer these, you might have to demand it), you can use that connection to record HD on MythTV.
I use a PCHDTV3000 HD card, and in my area, I can receive: PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC over my (Adelphia) Cable using QAM.... That's it.
If I bought an antenne and tuned in OTA broadcasts, I may be able to get more, but that's dependent on my geographic location.
I doubt that MythTV is to blame for the problems you encountered. MythTV can control the recording quality as far as bitrate is concerned, but odd colored lines would be a problem with your IVTV configuration. I don't know what you mean "can't get myth without drivers"... Myth doesn't have drivers for the capture cards, it relies on the hardware's driver, just as Windows-based software does. If the driver is configured incorrectly it can cause all sorts of problems, but luckily most people don't have this type of problem.
I've installed Myth from scratch a half-dozen times (different OS flavors, testing configurations, generally tinkering around on my non-operation-environment mythtv box), and I've not had the problems you report. Your problems could possibly relate to your hardware, some odd configuration you have, or even glitches because of package versions of libraries. To be fair, you seem to have had a rough time of it, but from the posts on the mythtv-users mailing list I wouldn't say your results are typical..18 did, indeed, work great, but.19 also worked flawlessly for me, and I can't wait to try.20.. just have to archive 50 more shows....
Depending on your cable box, yes. Myth will accept any input that a cable-ready TV can, but in order to switch channels to the desired recording, you'll need to get LIRC working with your cable box. (LIRC lets your computer act as a remote control to control your cable box, etc.)
It's one of the technical side-trips you take occasionally, thanks to the cable company.
While it's true that not everyone has an easy time of setting up MythTV, the other side is that there are tons of people that have no problems at all getting it working.
My first installs of MythTV went decently well, but I had some hurdles due to the Linux flavor I used. However, there are _great_ guides that walk you through the install. There are also some "install a MythTV system" distrobutions (KnoppMyth, MythDora, etc) that do a basically complete system/Myth install with minimal configuration. And above all, the user community is fantastic. If you have problems, search the mailing list archives (lots of problems have been addressed before). If you can't find an answer, just show us your problem and say "can you help?".
I'd suggest that anyone not comfortable with Linux and mailinglists first attempt an install with Knoppmyth (http://mysettopbox.tv/)(or MythDora). The hardware is autodetected for you, and the forum-based support is very helpful.
That's a function of your cable. Channels up to 100 are broadcast in analog (a normal TV will pick them up too). Channels above 100 require a Digital Receiver (e.g. Cable Box) to wach on a normal TV or VCR... or on MythTV. If you wanted to record channel 130 on a VCR, you'd have to tune your Cable Box to channel 130, then hit record on the VCR. The same thing goes for MythTV. But, Myth makes this more automatic. When properly configured, the MythTV box will change the channel on your Digital Cable box and start recording.
Basically, anything you can record with a VCR, you can record with MythTV (and MythTV has much more functionality;)).
your attempt at humor failed. Lab rats cannot cause cancer. Lab tests in fact, can.
Your attempt at a rebuke failed. He never said anything about Lab rats causing cancer. He said they could get cancer.
For clarification's sake, Lab tests can't get cancer, rats don't cause cancer unless you wrap them in tobacco leaves and smoke them, and lap dances don't cause tumors (growths, yes.. but no tumors).
I can easily store over 280 hours of standard-encoded video. I can edit out commercials, re-encode the video to standard MPEG (2/4) or other formats, or even re-encode to DVD and burn to a disc that's watchable from a standard DVD player. Can TiVo do that?
I can add more hard drive space and instantly have tons more storage (I still have an open IDE connection as well as 2 SATA channels). I can stream video through the web interface to any PC on my network.
I've set up xboxen as frontends on my primary TVs; I could easily add diskless PCs instead. I can watch my saved videos or Live TV from any of these places.. Not just one TV.
I can view and schedule programs via a web interface regardless of where I am. I could be on vacation, visiting my parents, or going to sleep with someone's sister and as long as that sister (parents/vacation spot) has internet access, I can check the MythBox's status, view channel listings, schedule new shows, _everything_.
Oh, and if the $700 (no subscriptions!) price tag is too high, you can easily scale it back. My machine is actually overpowered for MythTV's needs. A person could _easily_ get by on half the processing power and RAM. Heck, you could probably manage w/ 128Meg of RAM if you really had to. You could drop one of the tuners (I have 2, TiVo has one, right?) And the hard drives.... Well, if you decided to go with an 80Gig (like TiVo?), that wouldn't be a problem.
So, you could pretty easily cut your investment by at least $350. Go ahead and check my math, but I'm pretty sure that's still not crazy.
Why not check out http://www.mythtv.org and look at the system requirements and software features before claiming that TiVo is a better value. There are tradeoffs, but for my $$$, I'd rather go with something configurable that doesn't report my viewing habits to someone else.
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Whoops.. Sorry. Thought you were replying to instar, not the Flamebait.
s/interjecting/injecting/
Wow... Just "Wow." You've read quite a bit into that post. I didn't see any anger; on the contrary, he seemed rather calm while interjecting a differing opinion. What on earth would lead you think the poster had too much caffeine and/or anger management problems?
I mean, geez... There was no cursing, no mud slinging, no name calling. Maybe -you- need to relax and let people voice their (well-thought-out) opinions.
I believe that depends on your HOA. Around where I live, those fees also go for neighborhood cleanup (plowing/etc). I tend to agree that HOAs are evil. I looked at a few of them and decided "I'm buying this house, I'll do what I want with it." and avoided the HOA trap.
Deny service, sure. But allowing guests in isn't a 'service'. Mowing your lawn: service. Plowing your driveway: service. Blocking your family from coming to a birthday party: DIS-service.
My apologies, I didn't see that you mentioned a fix. I can definately see how a non-fullscreen module (mplayer, xine, etc?) could still show MythTV in the background. However, the poor picture quality could easily be caused by IVTV (as you suggested). IVTV can be a pain when you get into setting it up.. firmware revisions, kernel versions, and driver versions all have to be just right. For anyone experiencing problems, the mythtv-users archives are the best place to start
After rereading your post a couple of times, I think I see what you meant by "can't get myth without drivers"; if the drivers don't work, Myth doesn't work. Gotcha. =)
MythTV can record HD to the extent that Linux-based hardware allows. Currently, that means OTA (Over-the-Air) broadcast HD is recordable, as is QAM (un-encrypted) over-the-cable HD. Generally, cable companies encrypt all non-OTA channels, so you _have_ to have an HD Cable Box to tune them. If you can get an HD Cable Box that has a firewire output on it (the cable company is _supposed_ to offer these, you might have to demand it), you can use that connection to record HD on MythTV.
I use a PCHDTV3000 HD card, and in my area, I can receive: PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC over my (Adelphia) Cable using QAM.... That's it.
If I bought an antenne and tuned in OTA broadcasts, I may be able to get more, but that's dependent on my geographic location.
So, the easy answer is "it depends". =)
I doubt that MythTV is to blame for the problems you encountered. MythTV can control the recording quality as far as bitrate is concerned, but odd colored lines would be a problem with your IVTV configuration. I don't know what you mean "can't get myth without drivers"... Myth doesn't have drivers for the capture cards, it relies on the hardware's driver, just as Windows-based software does. If the driver is configured incorrectly it can cause all sorts of problems, but luckily most people don't have this type of problem.
I've installed Myth from scratch a half-dozen times (different OS flavors, testing configurations, generally tinkering around on my non-operation-environment mythtv box), and I've not had the problems you report. Your problems could possibly relate to your hardware, some odd configuration you have, or even glitches because of package versions of libraries. To be fair, you seem to have had a rough time of it, but from the posts on the mythtv-users mailing list I wouldn't say your results are typical. .18 did, indeed, work great, but .19 also worked flawlessly for me, and I can't wait to try .20.. just have to archive 50 more shows....
Depending on your cable box, yes. Myth will accept any input that a cable-ready TV can, but in order to switch channels to the desired recording, you'll need to get LIRC working with your cable box. (LIRC lets your computer act as a remote control to control your cable box, etc.)
It's one of the technical side-trips you take occasionally, thanks to the cable company.
While it's true that not everyone has an easy time of setting up MythTV, the other side is that there are tons of people that have no problems at all getting it working.
My first installs of MythTV went decently well, but I had some hurdles due to the Linux flavor I used. However, there are _great_ guides that walk you through the install. There are also some "install a MythTV system" distrobutions (KnoppMyth, MythDora, etc) that do a basically complete system/Myth install with minimal configuration. And above all, the user community is fantastic. If you have problems, search the mailing list archives (lots of problems have been addressed before). If you can't find an answer, just show us your problem and say "can you help?".
I'd suggest that anyone not comfortable with Linux and mailinglists first attempt an install with Knoppmyth (http://mysettopbox.tv/)(or MythDora). The hardware is autodetected for you, and the forum-based support is very helpful.
That's a function of your cable. Channels up to 100 are broadcast in analog (a normal TV will pick them up too). Channels above 100 require a Digital Receiver (e.g. Cable Box) to wach on a normal TV or VCR... or on MythTV. If you wanted to record channel 130 on a VCR, you'd have to tune your Cable Box to channel 130, then hit record on the VCR. The same thing goes for MythTV. But, Myth makes this more automatic. When properly configured, the MythTV box will change the channel on your Digital Cable box and start recording.
;)).
Basically, anything you can record with a VCR, you can record with MythTV (and MythTV has much more functionality
your attempt at humor failed.
Lab rats cannot cause cancer. Lab tests in fact, can.
Your attempt at a rebuke failed.
He never said anything about Lab rats causing cancer. He said they could get cancer.
For clarification's sake, Lab tests can't get cancer, rats don't cause cancer unless you wrap them in tobacco leaves and smoke them, and lap dances don't cause tumors (growths, yes.. but no tumors).
C'mon, at least read what you quoted!
As a point of order, I'm not crazy and I built a MythTV box for under $700. (And quite a box at that!)
Specs:
AMD 2200+ ($65)
512M PC2700 DDR RAM ($70)
Motherboard ($55)
-- onboard 6channel sound
-- onboard Video
-- onboard LAN
2x 250GB HDs (.5TB Baby!) ($340 ish)
Tuner 1 - PVR 250 ($88)
Tuner 2 - Leadtek WinTV2000xp Deluxe ($45)
Case w/ Power Supply ($25)
I can easily store over 280 hours of standard-encoded video. I can edit out commercials, re-encode the video to standard MPEG (2/4) or other formats, or even re-encode to DVD and burn to a disc that's watchable from a standard DVD player. Can TiVo do that?
I can add more hard drive space and instantly have tons more storage (I still have an open IDE connection as well as 2 SATA channels). I can stream video through the web interface to any PC on my network.
I've set up xboxen as frontends on my primary TVs; I could easily add diskless PCs instead. I can watch my saved videos or Live TV from any of these places.. Not just one TV.
I can view and schedule programs via a web interface regardless of where I am. I could be on vacation, visiting my parents, or going to sleep with someone's sister and as long as that sister (parents/vacation spot) has internet access, I can check the MythBox's status, view channel listings, schedule new shows, _everything_.
Oh, and if the $700 (no subscriptions!) price tag is too high, you can easily scale it back. My machine is actually overpowered for MythTV's needs. A person could _easily_ get by on half the processing power and RAM. Heck, you could probably manage w/ 128Meg of RAM if you really had to. You could drop one of the tuners (I have 2, TiVo has one, right?) And the hard drives.... Well, if you decided to go with an 80Gig (like TiVo?), that wouldn't be a problem.
So, you could pretty easily cut your investment by at least $350. Go ahead and check my math, but I'm pretty sure that's still not crazy.
Why not check out http://www.mythtv.org and look at the system requirements and software features before claiming that TiVo is a better value. There are tradeoffs, but for my $$$, I'd rather go with something configurable that doesn't report my viewing habits to someone else.
"Retards" and "there inability"?
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"Where inability"?
ooooh.... "their inability"
Maybe you should board up your glass house before you start throwing stones.
Wow.. I _really_ hope this is a (bad attempt at) a joke. ....
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