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My new (cheap) HD frontend for MythTV

I've just purchased the IO-Data AvelLink Player. It's a High-Definition Network Media player which also plays DVD's (standard DVD's as well as any other media file including MPEG4-HD files!). It has a D4 digital output (which is a standard in Japan) and comes with a D4 to Component dongle. All for just $249.00. I haven't received it yet, but when I do, I'll do a write-up on it. I touched on it before in this entry. The thing that really put it over the edge for me is that they released a Linux version of their AvelLink Server.

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cx88_dvb fun

I use MythTV (atrpms) with the pcHDTV HD-3000 card. I downloaded the 2.0 driver and compiled, and, as per the instructions, attempted to modprobe the cx88_dvb driver. I kept getting kernal errors, module mis-match errors, and on and on. Finally, after a few re-boots, rearranging of modules, etc... I got it to work. The unfortunate thing is that I really have no idea what I did, so writing up a how-to would be impossible.

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Update to 0.18

I'm looking forward to getting some time to update from 0.17 to 0.18 of MythTV. Chris Pinkham updated some mythtranscode bits to help us pcHDTV folks.

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Dvorak on MythTV

John C. Dvorak has written a small bit on MythTV for pcmag.com. There's nothing earth-shattering or revealing in his writings, but simply having Dvorak write about MythTV is yet another step bringing the 'future' technology to the masses.

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MythTV ... a non-mythical solution

Shelly Palmer, Chairman of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has blogged about the NYT article on MythTV. It is a very well written commentary on why the Television Industry needs to change in order to survive, or more importantly, prosper.