Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Kirk Bocek t004@kbocek.com wrote:
- I was originally planning on using KnoppMyth.
But their CD appears to be only for i386. Without realizing it, the P4 CPU I picked is one of the newer ones with the x86_64 extensions. It won't boot i386.
??? It should run i386 code all-the-same.
That what I thought. But KnoppMyth and CentOS4 i386 *both* repeatedly hung during the install process. x86_64 installed without a single hiccup.
Thus, my plan B is going with CentOS4 x86_64 and installing from the ATrpms collection.
Be careful in going to a native x86-64. A lot of codecs and other libraries are not built for x86-64 or compatible, and only work with i386 distros.
All I know is ATrpms has a full set of MythTV el4.x86_64 packages and they all installed without complaint. ((now lets see if they run...))
- I picked up a cheap Radeon 7000 with TV out. Wrong!
Various posts seem to say that the TV Out functionality is not supported by the X.org radeon driver. It *does* work with the vesa driver though. I just don't know if video and DVD playback will work with the vesa driver. Does anyone know?
The nVidia NV25/28 (GeForce4 Ti4x00) cards (_not_ to be confused with the NV17/18 aka "GeForce4 MX") are the ultimate in compatibility and acceleration right now. Especially if you are going to use the PC3000HDTV and/or MPlayer/libraries.
Whether you choose the MIT X.org "nv" or the feature-rich/stable nVidia "nvidia" driver, you'll get TV out and performance -- with the latter being the best.
That's good to know. But after chatting with Scot here, I'm going to use the TV out on the PVR-350 that's installed.
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Kirk Bocek