The actual install of KnoppMyth went pretty smoothly. I use the Systm Episode 2 video as an overview for the basic configuration. The only thing they didn’t cover was the Myth setup for the PVR-500 card. The trick (as documented here) was to configure each of it’s tuners as a separate video device (ie: /dev/video0, /dev/video1) with both using Tuner 0.
Day: December 4, 2005
Bulding a PVR: Dremel time!
The PVR-500 card contains dual tuners and that makes it longer than a 1/2 PCI card length. It ends up being just a little more than 1 cm longer than the PCI card cage used in the Dell.
I pulled the cage of the riser card and tried the PVR-500 in the Dell with the case closed. If you squint you can see that the card just fits. It’s a tight squeeze. The power connector for the hard drive is just touching the edge of the card:
To get the card to fit, I had to remove a chunk of the metal card cage.
Card cage before:
Card cage after:
And with the PVR-500 installed:
Bulding a PVR: All the parts are here.
Bits and pieces have been trickling in for the past couple of weeks and I’m ready to start playing.
Hey! Why is it I can get next day delivery from Texas, but I order something from Mississauga and it takes nearly 2 weeks to arrive?
Anyway, here’s the PC:
The PVR 350 and 500 cards:
Big-honk’n-hard-drive, dvd burner, and ram: