I built my first Myth system a few years ago and it still is running today. It doesn't do hi-def yet, but here is what I used to do the whole frontend / backend thing and it cost less than $300.<br><br>Small desktop case<br>
P4 Celeron 2.4<br>512 meg ram<br>Hauppauge PVR-150 tuner card (Analog Cable + Composite Video and L/R audio)<br>DVD-ROM<br>80 gig HDD<br>nVidia 6200 AGP video card<br><br>When I got my tuner card, it came with an MCE infrared remote and USB infrared receiver. Myth can pretty much do everything you want, but the internet radio is a little iffy.<br>
<br>I do agree MythBuntu is a good first time distro. If you prefer Redhat, there is also MythDora.<br><br>The only issue I still have is with the PVR-150. When I use the composite input, I still get this buzzy audio. There is a fix for it, but it's still annoying since the bug has been hanging around since 2006. I am not sure if it affects the cable input.<br>
<br>You can still find PVR-150's. I am not sure of how well Myth supports some of the newer Hauppauge cards out there, I'll let others on the list answer that.<br><br>You will need to fork over $15 / year to schedules direct for the guide information, FYI.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 12:08 PM, L.D. Paniak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I've have internet radio streams working in myth in the past. It was a<br>
bit of a hack. I had to modify the xml for the media page to include<br>
the player with sources and make sure the player (mplayer?) saw the<br>
remote. It worked well once the smoke cleared.<br>
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Daniel Agar wrote:<br>
> Mythtv will do most of what you want, I'm not sure about the internet<br>
> radio though. Do you have any spare hardware lying around or are you<br>
> looking to build from scratch? If you just need to record and playback<br>
> analog cable and standard dvds even a pentium 3 will do just fine. Do<br>
> you have a price range in mind? Mythbuntu (<a href="http://www.mythbuntu.org/" target="_blank">http://www.mythbuntu.org/</a>)<br>
> is probably the easiest distro for myth setup currently.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:45, Insurance Squared Inc.<br>
> <<a href="mailto:gcooke@insurancesquared.com">gcooke@insurancesquared.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> There's been a lot of myth TV on the list lately....that I've been ignoring<br>
>> since I don't have any interest. Until yesterday :).<br>
>><br>
>> I'm going to put a tv and system into our home gym. I want to install<br>
>> something that will do:<br>
>> - cable<br>
>> - dvd<br>
>> - internet (i.e. download and play videos (legal ones :), I've signed up for<br>
>> some exercise sites that sell videos online). As an aside, if there's any<br>
>> cyclists out there, check out <a href="http://racedayrush.com" target="_blank">racedayrush.com</a> - free cycling videos.<br>
>> - and maybe, some sort of internet radio. Because it'd be nice to watch the<br>
>> videos but with sound coming from an internet radio station or a playlist of<br>
>> some kind.<br>
>> - and maybe satellite in addition to cable. Not a dealbreaker though.<br>
>> - and a remote of some kind that we can use to control from the treadmill or<br>
>> bike.<br>
>><br>
>> I had a brief look at some sites last night but there's a lot going on. Any<br>
>> experts want to provide a summary as to:<br>
>> - hardware; build my own or by off the shelf? If so, what should I buy?<br>
>> - software; looks like a lot available distros (except my preferred Mandriva<br>
>> distro). I'd bet I can just burn an ISO - but what distro should I use.<br>
>> The myth tv site had dozens.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks!<br>
>><br>
>> g.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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