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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 
+<a href="http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html">KnoppMyth</a> 
+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 
+<a href="http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml">
+Thomas Winischhofer</a>, and a 
+<a href="http://tarek.2y.net/myth/sony.pl">Perl script</a> 
+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,
+       <a href="http://www.athenatech.us/a100bb.htm">A100BB</a>.
+
+* Asus <a href="http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7n266-vm/specification.htm">
+       A7N266-VM</a> motherboard.
+
+* AMD Athlon XP 2400+
+
+* 512Mb PC-2100 DDR266 RAM
+
+* 80Gb Maxtor
+
+* <a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/html/wintvpvr250_datasheet.htm">
+       Hauppauge PVR-250</a>
+
+* 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]]