Re: [OT}: how to make PVR any ideas welcome

[LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another advert for MythTV :)

I've been using it to about six months, its now getting to the point
where it may replace the Tivo (which the wife still loves).

For an easier install experience, KnoppMyth from http::/mysettopbox.tv
it's an all-in-one Linux and MythTV installer.

I'd disagree with one of the other posts about the Hauppauge 350, from
my reading the general thinking seems to be that it's a waste of cash,
as while it has good TV output doing hardware mpeg2 decoding, but it's
expensive and  it's not that good at outputting the menus etc that you
need, and if you transcode the mpeg2 recordings to xvid/divx, to save
drive space, then you've missed the main selling point of the 350.
Better for buy 2 x 250's and a cheap Nvidia graphics card...

Lee

> hello,
>
> I would like to build a personal video recorder using my PC, I can
> find a lot of ways of getting video into my PC, WIN TV etc.
>
> but I cannot find any way of getting the video signal out to a normal
> television by a scart or coax socket.
>
> Has anyone achieved this on the group, as I know you're an inventive
> lot on here.
>
> I have had a brief look at software and MythTV maybe what i use as the
> front-end, again has had experience of this or anything similar
> preferably freeware.
>
> thanks in anticipation,
>
> Regards Gary