[KLUG Members] Knopmyth anyone?

[Tony Gettig]

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 14:39 -0400, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > Has anyone used this? Experiences? Warnings? Words of wisdom?
> > 
> > http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
> 
> I haven't used it personally, but I'm on the MythTV mailing list and
> I've have read a lot about it.

I saw a video demonstration of the install using Knopmyth. It looked
pretty straightforward as long as the TV card was supported.

> 
> First let me make sure you understand that it is NOT a live-CD distro,
> as some people assume from the "Knopp*" name.  :-)

Yep. Understood. :)

...
> 
> The reason I went with Fedora now and back then is:
...

Those are all great reasons. I was thinking of dedicating the box just
to TV, but maybe I will rethink that. 

> 
> The MOST IMPORTANT thing you need to do is be careful purchasing your
> hardware to make sure everything is Myth compatible.  This is much more
> important than choice of distros!  :-)

What card do you use? The Hauppage (sp?) cards seem to be plentiful, but
there is a different card made mainly for Linux too...at least there was
on the video I saw. I currently have a Hauppage...the model of which I
am not sure. They were on clearance some time ago at an office supply
place. I remember thinking, "Hey, if this works with Myth, great. If
not, it was cheap and and I can ebay it to get my money back."


Tony