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From: wisdomkiller & pain on 3 Jul 2010 02:33
root wrote:

> Some time ago I set up an old 1.4G Celeron machine
> to organize and play mp3 files. That worked out
> so well I upgraded the motherboard and graphics
> card and it now serves as an A/V server. It
> outputs HDMI and I use a wireless keyboard/mouse
> as controls.
>
Ok ... I use a old celeron (960MHz) computer with enough pci slots to hold
3 dvb cards, as a linux vdr box.
It contains 2 dvb-s and one dvb-t card and just runs easyvdr.
The mobo is old but good enough to support wakeonlan. I have stuffed in
all useable pata drives I collected in the meantime.
Since tvs have gotten a lot flatter nowadays, there is enough place behind
for that box.
Actually it saves some engery, because since we are networked, the big tv
isn't running everytime because we can use our PC monitors as well to
watch tv or recordings.

From: root on 3 Jul 2010 08:21
wisdomkiller & pain <newbuntu.20.eatallspam(a)spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> Ok ... I use a old celeron (960MHz) computer with enough pci slots to hold
> 3 dvb cards, as a linux vdr box.
> It contains 2 dvb-s and one dvb-t card and just runs easyvdr.
> The mobo is old but good enough to support wakeonlan. I have stuffed in
> all useable pata drives I collected in the meantime.
> Since tvs have gotten a lot flatter nowadays, there is enough place behind
> for that box.
> Actually it saves some engery, because since we are networked, the big tv
> isn't running everytime because we can use our PC monitors as well to
> watch tv or recordings.
>

Thanks for responding. I too put my A/V server behind the
flat screen tv. I don't get cable tv, but I do have one
of the first digital ota cards. I tried to implement Mythtv
before the digital conversion but I never got very far.
At that time I had several tv cards, but none of them
was recognized by Mythtv. I just gave up. I'll take a
look at easyvdr (or is is easydvr?).

From: J G Miller on 3 Jul 2010 08:28
On Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 12:21:42h +0000, Root complained:
>
> At that time I had several tv cards, but none of them was recognized
> by Mythtv.

You need to consult the web site

<http://www.linuxtv.ORG/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Device_Information>

to ascertain if your TV cards are supported under GNU/Linux.
From: wisdomkiller & pain on 3 Jul 2010 17:33
root wrote:

....
> Thanks for responding. I too put my A/V server behind the
> flat screen tv. I don't get cable tv, but I do have one
> of the first digital ota cards. I tried to implement Mythtv
> before the digital conversion but I never got very far.
> At that time I had several tv cards, but none of them
> was recognized by Mythtv. I just gave up. I'll take a
> look at easyvdr (or is is easydvr?).

Yes, it is easyvdr - mainly for digital (dvb-s(2), dvb-t, dvb-c) cards.
But that's mainly a German distribution, and actually outdated since it
still relies on debian etch - a dist upgrade to lenny won't work due to
the "handcrafted" parts.
I rather would recommend ubuntu with etobi multimedia/vdr repository for a
new system.
From: root on 3 Jul 2010 23:47
wisdomkiller & pain <newbuntu.20.eatallspam(a)spamgourmet.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, it is easyvdr - mainly for digital (dvb-s(2), dvb-t, dvb-c) cards.
> But that's mainly a German distribution, and actually outdated since it
> still relies on debian etch - a dist upgrade to lenny won't work due to
> the "handcrafted" parts.
> I rather would recommend ubuntu with etobi multimedia/vdr repository for a
> new system.

I can't seem to get anything but German or German mostly
at their forum site. Google offers to translate, but
then fails to do so. I tried downloading their "life"
cd, but it hung after about 1/3 of cd capacity.
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