On Friday 24 March 2006 21:46, Grant wrote: > I'm thinking of setting up one of my new-to-me P3-500 desktops as a > mythtv system. Has anyone tried it? Any drawbacks? Are there > superior alternatives? >
Hi Grant, I run it here as the media server for the family. It compiled easily, setup was a bit cumbersome with mysql however. Once ypou get myth and mysql talking together, it's quite reliable. Early on, in the begining, the mythbackend startup script proved to NOT function at all. Someone one on the mythtv mailing list gave me a script to try and it worked.... only to become useless after a few version bumps of mythtv. I gave up on the startup script and just start mythbackend in /etc/conf.d/local.start. It works/runs on each boot or restart now. I don't have a media streamer as each of my family watch what they want from their desktops/laptops. I'll get around to having a streamer for the main 57" projection tv some day, but it's not a priority just yet. Do youself a favor... if you're going to have more than one user, plan ahead on buying more than one capture card... I have two pvr-150's and am planning on buying a third one soon... :') Cheers, Jerry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
