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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- The more I see of Windows Phone 7, the better it looks. Before, WinMo was easy to write off. That appears to be changing. - 8 hours ago
- After 3 straight days of rain, the basements/tunnels at MIT are awash with the sound of wet vacs. - 8 hours ago
- The hard drive mounting scheme in the new Alienware Area-51 Gaming PC makes so much sense. http://j.mp/a3AZ2z Why didn't I think of that? - 8 hours ago
- Brother B+W Laser Printer with duplex unit and wireless networking for $174 shipped at http://j.mp/9mbFI2 I have this printer - it's great. - 14 hours ago
- I'm just wondering if it's ever going to stop raining here. It's getting a little ridiculous. - 1 day ago
That to which I am listening
- Glowworm – Into the Woods
- Joy Wants Eternity – For We Had No Road
- Gifts From Enola – with the tides in hindsight
- Signal Hill – Luna Park
- The Six Parts Seven – A Blueprint of Something Never Finished
- Saxon Shore – This Place
- Caspian – The Dove
- Kyte – Boundaries
- The American Dollar – Anything You Synthesize
- Codes In The Clouds – Don't Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
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