[ATrpms-users] MythTV bijou feedback wanted

[Marland V. Pittman]

> The bijou set of MythTV packages has been out for almost five months
>
now. I'd like feedback on how it's worked for you.
>

> * Do you use it for VDPAU, or another reason? If the latter, what?
>
HDHomerun multirec, perhaps?
>
* How is its stability compared to non-bijou versions?
>
* Which other available patches would you like to see in it?
>

> A bonus question:
>

> * Do you plan to upgrade to 0.22 when it comes out, or stick with
>
0.21?
>

I came across this thread, searching for a bit of info on VDPAU. I use the
mythdora installation, but I did build MythTV on a box by myself once. I
found that to be a good learning experience, but having the whole distro
packaged up was too easy. I'm a new subscriber to ATrpms-users, so please go
easy on me if I've violated protocol. I do know that MD 5 used the ATrpms
repo, and now they're doing the RPMFusion thing.

I just wanted to say "thanks". I haven't tried it yet, but I think I will.

That said, I'm willing to give building another machine a shot. I have a
couple of machines that aren't quite powerful enough to do some of the
playback unassisted (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3000+). So, I
replaced them with a build of MythDora 10.21 on an E7400 with an 8600 GT.

I have a 9500 GT that I'd like to use with the P4 3.0 GHz as a separate
frontend, I'm thinking that it'd be a good opportunity to give VDPAU a go.

The Athlon 64 3000+ is in a 939/AGP motherboard, and I'm not sure if I'd
rather just stick with the FX5200 that's in it now and make it a backend or
try a PCI VDPAU-capable card in it what.

I have two HVR-1250 tuners that use OTA, but I've considered the HDHomeRun.
I guess MultiRec would be cool, but I've not come into a situation where I
thought that it'd work better than just buying an additional Tuner. My E7400
box has 4 PCIe x1 slots, two PCI slots and, of course a PCIe x16 slot. I
claim ignorance on that.

Whether I upgrade to 0.22 probably depends on how badly I mess up my box
trying to get VDPAU. I don't have any real timeframe for 0.22 to release in
any official capacity, but I want VDPAU, like, *now*. If I get "good enough"
at building a box on my own, setting up all the little details and such, I
guess I'll just tear down and rebuild with 0.22 when the time comes. I doubt
that'll happen, so I'll probably wait for an easy upgrade path, or nuke the
install and go back to a pre-packaged setup with 0.22 if there isn't an easy
way to upgrade.

Hope that gives you an extra data point. If not, it's just a long-winded
"Thanks".
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