mythtv vs dreambox

[arden]

Im going to go down the linux path for my sat equipment after all the only M$ box in my house is the laptop suppied by work

as the subject says I'm looking for peoples thoughts on the the avail of pros and conns of both paths dreambox and mythtv

I'm aware that a MTVystem will prob cost more but I'm wondering if it will give me more in terms of flexibly

I would like to know what as the availability of patches for mythTV to open channels and which pci cards people would rrecommendto be used or know to be supported

thanks

Arden

[Jimdefruit]

Well I have a dreambox and a PC card and I definitely think the dreambox is far superior. Probably because I am sitting in an armchair when I am using it as opposed to a pc chair.

The pc card will very much depend upon the processor and video capabilities of your pc/laptop but it will show DVB S HD channels. Not much there though.

I always feel as though I am slumming it when I am relegated to the pc card to watch footy when there is something 'er indoors wants to watch on the tv.

[arden]

umm just been reading that I can run the mythtv front end on my xbox (runs linux you see) and watch it on my tv

im sure Mr Gates did not have this in mind for his first console

sounds just sort of hack im looking for just need to find out if there are any keys available for mythtv

[jontydog]

when I dabbled in mythtv a few months ago it gave me nowt but trouble there was a thread on here about 500 posts long and I still never managed to open any channels with it so I gave up.

[BGonaSTICK]

I get the impression that MythTV is more of a project-for-the-sake-of-it rather than the reliable and stable implementation that IS the Dreambox.

At least with the Dreambox there's a quality end-product, whilst still having the support of a huge development community. The Dreambox could happily reside in any consumer's home, if you know what I mean.

Just my opinion of course, and I've never used MythTV personally.

[imported_Mogwa_]

try knoppmyth.

Knoppmyth is a distrobution designed just mythtv. I run it with 2 nova-t cards and hopfully soon as nova-s for sat!

I have been using it for 3 months now and i love it.

Try knoppmyth and see how you get on.

[jontydog]

can Knoppmyth be installed on Ubuntu Dapper Drake mogwa_ ? Just installed Dapper Drake on the wifes computer after messing up her XP install big time. Had to reformat it so I thought what teh hell she only uses it for Internet Explorer and MSN both of which can be done on Linux

[arden]

think you are mixing to things a little there:

mythtv is an aplication, knoppmyth is a distro to make installing and configuring the aplication easier

since Ubuntu is Debian based im guessing it must use apt under the skin for its package management

so as long as the repositorises have been set up running something like apt-get install mythtv should do it for you ( you must be root )

Ubuntu may even have a gui to do this

is that any clearer ?

[jontydog]

lol clear as mud m8. If you search the site for my name and mythtv you will come up with a very long thread. I am ok with it once I get the mysql database business sorted out. Installed it again tonight and have the same problem as the last 3 times I have installed it. Thanks for pointing out that knoppmyth was a distro I just thought it was an easier version of myth. Off to read the long thread from August now to get it installed properly again.

[imported_Mogwa_]

Knoppmyth sets up all your database and most of the internal working system bits.

You just need to configure mythtv its self and then configure any remote etc you plan on using.