I can't speak for any other female scifi fans, but I would hope that they wouldn't be looking to scifi television for role models. For that matter, I'm hoping that they aren't getting their role model quota filled by television at all.
I'm a scifi watching female and I like star trek and babylon 5 and the like because I like shows that are entertaining -- and space, aliens, and the occasional fire fight are fun to watch.
You are correct, the AIW have atrocious linux drivers, but I was disappointed that after I spent many hours getting my linux distro to work with my card I was dead in the water getting MythTv to work.
Its not MythTv's fault, but nonetheless it was pretty frustrating to me to spend so much time with no results.
If I had my choice I would certiainly opt of a better card, but part of the appeal to making my homemade PVR was using what I had on hand.
I plan to make another stab at it and I really would love to see the new improvements- now that I think about it its probably been longer than a year since I last tried MythTV, but I suppose that I'll have to buy special hardware to give it a whirl.
I really, really wanted to use MythTv, but the problem that I ran into was a lack of drivers for my video card, which admidittly is not the best- ATI's AIW 9000, but shouldn't I still be able to use it?
Eventually I had to come to the realization that in this stage of mythtv's development at least, MS's MCE was the best choice. There are things that I don't like about it- but the most important aspect is that it functions.
I've not encountered a guide to rival MCE, my remote wonder works flawlessly, and I installed and had everything up and running in a few hours, and I even had to used "hacked" drivers...
Its been about a year since I tried to use MythTV- but other than this guide enhancement has there been any other improvements? Is it worth revisiting?
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I can't speak for any other female scifi fans, but I would hope that they wouldn't be looking to scifi television for role models. For that matter, I'm hoping that they aren't getting their role model quota filled by television at all. I'm a scifi watching female and I like star trek and babylon 5 and the like because I like shows that are entertaining -- and space, aliens, and the occasional fire fight are fun to watch.
I could be wrong, but hasn't Walmart been selling PCs for $199 for a year or so now? Isn't this guy a little late to the party?
Just for the record it also says pretty plainly from ATI and MS, that the AIW doesn't work with MCE, but I got it working.
Guess I just don't believe everything I read until I give it a go...
You are correct, the AIW have atrocious linux drivers, but I was disappointed that after I spent many hours getting my linux distro to work with my card I was dead in the water getting MythTv to work.
Its not MythTv's fault, but nonetheless it was pretty frustrating to me to spend so much time with no results.
If I had my choice I would certiainly opt of a better card, but part of the appeal to making my homemade PVR was using what I had on hand.
I plan to make another stab at it and I really would love to see the new improvements- now that I think about it its probably been longer than a year since I last tried MythTV, but I suppose that I'll have to buy special hardware to give it a whirl.
I really, really wanted to use MythTv, but the problem that I ran into was a lack of drivers for my video card, which admidittly is not the best- ATI's AIW 9000, but shouldn't I still be able to use it? Eventually I had to come to the realization that in this stage of mythtv's development at least, MS's MCE was the best choice. There are things that I don't like about it- but the most important aspect is that it functions. I've not encountered a guide to rival MCE, my remote wonder works flawlessly, and I installed and had everything up and running in a few hours, and I even had to used "hacked" drivers... Its been about a year since I tried to use MythTV- but other than this guide enhancement has there been any other improvements? Is it worth revisiting?