Thanks for the advice Jason :) <div>On 4/4/07, Jason Norwood-Young <<a href="mailto:jason@freespeechpub.co.za">jason@freespeechpub.co.za</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 22:05 +0200, martin kemp wrote: > Hi I run ubuntu 6.10 and have a 1 or 2 old computers lying around. > DSTV's PVR decoder is too expensive so I was hoping to make my own PVR > machine with mythTV, has anybody had any success with this? Does > anybody have any advice? If you want to do it fairly painlessly check out KnoppMyth (<a href="http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html">http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html</a>). It's usually got more up-to-date TV card drivers and is just simpler to set up. You should probably also check out Freevo (<a href="http://freevo.sourceforge.net/">http://freevo.sourceforge.net/</a>). Both MythTV and Freevo have their advantages and disadvantages but you'll have to play with them to figure out which you like most. You'll also need a TV capture card, obviously. If you want to record on one channel and watch on a second you'll need a dual-channel card or two single-channel cards. Hauppage cards are generally a safe bet. Get one with an IR out to control your DSTV through your set-top box. Also make sure your card comes with a remote control. J -- ubuntu-za mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com </a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> </blockquote></div>