About a year and a half ago, a friend of mine gave me a computer he was no longer using. I went ahead and bought a Hauppauge PVR-350 TV tuner card with onboard MPEG-2 encoding and decoding with the hopes of turning the computer into a nice PVR. Tonight marks the third time (at least) that I have tried to set up this program. I tried once using KnoppMyth, a Linux distribution based on Knoppix (which is based on Debian) that is meant to simplify the task of setting up MythTV (which is notoriously difficult). I got to, I don’t know, 75% perhaps and then ran into some snags and gave up for awhile. Some time later, I tried installing Ubuntu and then installing MythTV on top of that. I got to probably 90% and then hit snags, got sick of working on it, and gave up. Over the weekend, I decided I would try installing it again. So, today I downloaded the installation ISO for Mythbuntu. I’m in the process of trying to get everything working. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
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- Finally solved a very persistent Flash Builder compiler error. Joyfully closing browser tabs containing information related to the error. - 4 days ago
- My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: And So I Watch You From Afar (6), You Slut! (5) and Caspian (4) http://bit.ly/bC74Cy - 5 days ago
- Just canceled my Skype subscription. Hello Google Voice + Gmail. - 1 week ago
- Thinking about ditching my Skype-In number and Skype-Out subscription now that I can make calls with my Google Voice number from Gmail. - 1 week ago
- Let it be known: I hate the syntax for comments in XML. - 1 week ago
That to which I am listening
- Saxon Shore – Marked with the Knowledge
- you.may.die.in.the.desert – The Sound of Titans
- Tristeza – Bromas
- Joy Wants Eternity – From Embrace To Embrace
- Giants – Whispered Ears
- Helios – A Mountain of Ice
- The American Dollar – The Swamp
- The Six Parts Seven – Stolen Moments
- The Album Leaf – Eastern Glow
- Caspian – The Dove
Entries from my photoblog
- Back Bay November 13, 2009
- Construction November 11, 2009
- I'm keeping an eye on you October 31, 2009
- Angel October 21, 2009
- On Fire September 18, 2009