On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > > Are many of you using MythTV? I don't know much about it. I'm thinking > it would be great to have a computer-based way of programming to record TV > shows, and I think MythTV does that. Do I need a special card for the > computer to be able to take in digital info from an antenna? How would you > recommend I get started? > > Mike > I've been running mythtv for a long, long time. I like LinHes which is based on Arch. It used to be called Knoppmyth, as a few versions ago it was based on Knoppix. 3 years ago we ditched Directv and went OTA w/ a HDHomerun unit - setup was a snap (I really hated the homemade serial cable and script I had to use to change channels on the DirecTv STB). I now run a frontend/backend machine in the downstairs family room - it's got a couple Tb of disk space and a front end in the upstairs tv area. I also netboot off the downstairs unit in my office (another frontend). I'd recommend at least a P4 and a Nvidia card - Microcenter has a Geforce 210 (fanless) made by Zotac for around $48 - plus there's a $15 mail in rebate. I'm currently building 2 frontends right now - so hit me up if you need help! Peace john -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120125/957ddbef/attachment.html>