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+Been a while since I reported on progress with my PVR setup. That's mostly
+because I've been beating my head against the wall instead of making any
+real progress. In summary, ivtv cvs-latest and latest mythtv cvs just aren't
+happy here... there are persistent problems with choppy audio and video and
+lots of prebuffering pauses no matter what hardware combinations I try. So,
+I decided it was time to put all the complex plans aside and put a simple
+config together for the family room.
+
+So, I downloaded a
+KnoppMyth
+r4 CD and used it to get a reasonably simple
+single-box MythTV setup running. The only real problems I had making this
+work were the need to update to a fresher xmltv package, and the fact that I
+somehow got some program guide info loaded with the wrong timezone the first
+time.
+
+Extras I loaded include the latest SiS driver and sisctrl from
+
+Thomas Winischhofer, and a
+Perl script
+that handles channel changing duties on the Sony DirecTV receiver with a
+simple RS-232 cable from ttyS0.
+
+The hardware is my Micro ATX system, with the following bits and pieces:
+
+* Athenatech Micro ATX Case w/200W Supply,
+ A100BB.
+
+* Asus
+ A7N266-VM motherboard.
+
+* AMD Athlon XP 2400+
+
+* 512Mb PC-2100 DDR266 RAM
+
+* 80Gb Maxtor
+
+*
+ Hauppauge PVR-250
+
+* ECS AG315P/TV video card
+
+The PVR-250 gets S-Video and stereo audio from my old Sony DirecTV receiver,
+and I'm feeding composite NTSC from the video card and analog stereo audio from
+the motherboard to one of the inputs on the A/V receiver. Some tweaking of
+the video output using sisctrl and I think the family will be happy while I
+get on with trying to make things like my pchdtv card and a more complex
+frontend/backend structure for the house work.
+
+It feels good having something the family can start using. KnoppMyth
+definitely gets a "stuff that works" rating here. Try it if you want to
+see what MythTV is all about with minimal pain... ;-)
+
+[[!tag tags/pvr]]