tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77264262011-12-18T14:06:14.380-08:00My journey to build a Laszlo enhanced Linux based Personal Video Recorder Dreffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851735041910095889noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726426.post-1130542007750330132005-10-28T16:26:00.000-07:002005-10-28T16:26:47.793-07:00

Sweet. Wiki, Forums, Email lists and now a Blog. I like the more casual voice over there.

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O'Reilly: Building My MythTV Box, Part 1: Hardware

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I've been doing something fun with my (not yet completed) PVR. I've already filled the disk with lots of video from around the world, and I need to free up some space. So I started looking into the process of authoring DVDs. It's easy enough to write a data disk but I thought that I'd explore the DVD aspect since it's nice to be able to show some of my collection to people without the lovely

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AnandTech has a multi-page piece about building a MythTV based box. I'll get through that and have something to write about later. Got the new DSS service started this weekend. Next I need to get the box to control the D10 receiver. Any ideas?

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I'm Still finishing up some final bits on the current PVR design, the only thing that isn't 100% yet is recording programs. Some funny issue with channels and schedules, but that's another conversation... Anyway, while I'm still working on the PVR I'm using P2P as my timeshifting technology. Last night Dat Phan was on Last Comic Standing and I'm particularly interested in Dat because my

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The hardware is finally assembled and Mandrake 10 is running. The biggest problem was the video card. A donated ATI Radeo 7200 was in there for a while, but after reviewing what woul be required to turn on the TV out, I started evaluating other choices. I just happened to have a no-name GeForce 4 4200 Ti about and slapped that in. and Bingo! I'll get a full breakdown on the hardware with

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Please protect the printed art industry from this device which blatantly enduces pwople to violate copyright:DigiDraw will allow anyone with a pen and a digidraw to make near perfect replicas of line art, drawings and photgraphs.

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So we have enough parts to start building this week! I've selected (mostly out of economy) an Asus A7V8X-MX SE motherboard. Pablo Kang ahs graciously donated An AMD Athlon 1400, a chassis, and an ATI Radeon 7200. I've got 512 MB of PC2100 DDR RAM here, and my parents gave me my birthday gifts (Toshiba DVD/CD RW drive & a Western Digital 160GB drive) a couple days early. Most of Pablo's parts

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So I've located this little gem that looks like it will serve my needs well. Now understand that I'm normally an anti-integration nut. Motherboards didn't used to come with IDE controllers, or high speed serial ports and I was used to that. Combining boards has always seemed to be a bad idea to me because of the risks associated with having a single point of failure. Now I've been through this

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Technology an politics don't mix. This article points out some of the many reasons why. Copyright law and copyright holder's expectations need to change with the digital age. I have firm belief that when I have paid for a signal, once it comes into my house, it's mine to do with as I please. If I want to split it six times and show it in multiple rooms I should be allowed to do so. I don't have

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So now back to earth... As much as I'd like to make this a 64bit box. It's really non needed. The Shuttle SN41G2BV2 is a really much better and realistic starting point. To begin with, they have the GeForce 4 MX built in, and they run off Athlon XP or Duron CPUs. When money is tight, and performance is not the #1 priority, these boxes will still be overkill. even though IR is still missing, and

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Shuttle Computer has made much news with the XPC line. This one sports an AMD 64 motherboard with all the bells and whistles (short of video) to be a starting platform. The only obvious downside is that it doesn't have an IR port. The Chassis is sleek enough that it would blend in with the entertainment components it's intended to replace. I'll stick it on my wishlist, the barebones box has a

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So I need to start collecting data on what to buy or ask for from people. I'll builld this according to the instructs on Installing and using MythTV: Checking prerequisites. Fully configured Motherboard CPUI'm partial to AMD because of the price/performce ratio MemoryI have a 512MB PC2100 DIMM HDD ControllerSATA Is preferred, but ATA 133/66 would be fineAudioALSA Compatible is

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So of course the day I launch this blog, we get news from /. about the INDUCE act. In a nutshell, DrDreff's PVR Project could be illegal before it is completed. Thankfully the EFF has provided a handy form you can use to write your senator. I've never been a fan of Orin Hatch or his whacked out constituancy but if this passes, all PVRs could be considered an inducement. That's an over

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Oh the drama of a new blog... This page will be dedicated to describing the technical ins and outs of building a Personal Video Recorder from scratch. I'll be building it from off the shelf hardware, and (mostly) Open Source software. To make this project different, I'll be working to create a user interface for the PVR uisng Laszlo Systems' LZX Language. This will require a different layer

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