Subj : Re: Hey Tyler - MythTV
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 20:52:19

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Rick Savoia wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>> Rick Savoia wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey Tyler,
>>>
>>> Do you have a MythTV box?
>> 
>> Yep.  Need help with anything?
>
> I'm getting started with one.  Can you stream Live TV with it?

Yep.  I've watched live TV on my laptop with Myth.

> My PC has Snapstream and you can stream live TV but only if you have a
> software encoder and I have a hardware encoder.

Myth doesn't care where the video came from once it has it buffered.
AFAICT.

> I am building a new machine though and was going to go linux/mythTV.

What encoder card(s) were you planning on getting?

What Linux distribution?  I still recommend Ubuntu.
-- 
Tyler Trafford

Interfere?  Of course we should interfere!  Always do what you're
best at, that's what I say.
		-- Doctor Who

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