nate s wrote:
What distribution are you using? I'm thinking either Fedora Core or
Mandrake (I love gentoo, but I think it may be too much for this)...
--Dennis
Gentoo too much? How so? I've got it running fine on gentoo. I hear
FC is one of the easiest to set up due to Jarod's guide, and I've also
heard good things about KnoppMyth, esp. for a first time setup. However, if you're already a gentoo user, I'd highly recommned that,
as in my slightly biased opinion, the setup on gentoo is even easier
(gentoo setup in general is hard, but if you're familar with that, the
mythtv setup part is pretty painless.)
-Nate
I agree,
I did Knoppmyth first, but when I tried to upgrade to Myth version 0.16 I had a hard time finding Debian packages. The box was having other problems too, so I scrapped it tried Gentoo and I loved it. Yes the installation was a lot more involved, but I learned a hell of a lot more about Myth and about Linux in general from going through it. Now that I know the box inside and out, I'm much better at troubleshooting when things go wrong. Also I imagine my next upgrade will be easier since Gentoo will probably be the first distro with Myth packages, and if they don't, it should still be one of the easiest to install from the source tarballs. A friend of mine who runs Knoppmyth said he hit a lot of problems trying to do a manual compile upgrade because Knoppmyth moves a lot of things like libraries to non-default locations and he had to move them back.
So if you feel like taking the time and learning a lot, I would recommend Gentoo. There are also some excellent Gentoo-specific guides out there too, check out:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Setup_MythTV
http://home.comcast.net/~alf_park/mythtv.html
Good Luck, Mike
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