Submitted by Cecil Watson (not verified) on Wed, 2006-08-23 14:14.

Nicholas,

Have you tried KnoppMyth? KnoppMyth is a Linux distribution I started a little over three years ago. The project goal has always been to make setting up a Linux powered set-top box as easy as possible. KnoppMyth includes everything you need to accomplish this goal. Given known good hardware that is supported with Linux, an install can be done is as little as 10 minutes (varies w/ hardware). One can have a complete MythTV power PVR up, running and watching TV in less than an hour (ATSC and NTSC).

KnoppMyth started as a remaster of Knoppix. It is now built from scratch with the great Knoppix scripts and Debian. Future releases maybe built on Ubuntu. KnoppMyth includes all the official MythTV plugins and some of the unofficial ones. KnoppMyth also included a UPnP server to serve up one's videos to UPnP cabable devices.

While it isn't perfect (an improved release is just around the corner), it is easy to install (improved documentation is also around the corner), easy to use and supports a great deal of hardware. KnoppMyth was the first MythTV solution to offer out the box support for the Hauppaude PVR line of hardware MPEG tuners. KnoppMyth offers out the box support for various remotes. One simply needs to pick it from a list. If one's remote isn't displayed, provide details and if will be incorporated into future releases.

Yes, MythTV is excellent! With KnoppMyth, my goal is to bring this excellence into the hands of many.

Regards,

Cecil

Would the problems that have been in recent KM releases like R5E50 go away if you moved to Ubuntu? (example: on a new install of R5E50, the backend won't start itself unless you have a "backend babysitter" script set to run).

I think there is something else going on here and I think it has something to do with the fragility of the PVRx50 series responses to signal problems on the baseband inputs. Which then causes the backend to lockup/fallover.

Bruce S.