My MythTV Machine
MythTVI spent several hours over the past few days installing/configuring my MythTV machine. So let me say, the those first time MythTV'er out there, "IT CAN BE DONE!" I finally got to the point last night of being able to use my remote to surf channels, and browse/control the MythTV app itself.
Back to the machine
For the case, I used an Antec ARIA cube case for micro atx boards. Pretty cool looking little cube, with LEDs on the front. Should look pretty nice in my entertainment center. Here are some pics:
For my processor I used an Intel 3.2ghz hyperthreaded processor...Not too fancy but I think it will be the last processor I ever need for this machine.
I only have 768 MB of RAM in this machine right now. I assembled this machine from some new/some left-over stuff. So I have a 512 and a 256 stick. Maybe some day I will upgrade...we'll see.
The video card was another left-over, an Nvidia geforce 4600. It has s-video out, as well as DVI. We'll see how it does when I plug it in.
I have one 160GB hard drive right now. 140GB of which has been slated to store recordings. I think that works out to around 140 hours. I may or may not need to add some more drives.
For the TV card I used the Hauppauge PVR-150 that I mentioned in my intial blog post . There are several PVR-150's it seems, the one that I ordered is here
I hope to have the detailed write-up on how I did the install, and any feedback from day-to-day use in the near future.
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