hope this will be tolerated:

tried to install KnoppMyth on a Pii 333 Mhz with a PVR 250 and a *not working* 3Com NIC.

do i need a working networkcard and a working internet connection to install the KM backend?

do i have the KM functionality from the machine with the backend on it, or do i have to run the KM CD on this same machine or on another in the (working) network as a frontend and work from the frontend?

thanks,
rob

For one I don't think a PII-333 will have enough power to playback your video without dropping frames but I could be wrong. Best thing to do is try it out. Secondly, you will need a working NIC to fetch your TV listing data from zap2it, xfer files from machine to machine, manage your mythtv machine (via ssh), use mythweb from other machine, etc. so get yourself a working NIC.



No, the backend is fully functional as is. You can run a frontend off the CD from another PC on your network (but your NIC isn't working so this obviously won't work).

I recommend that you read the relevant sections of the mythtv docs because once you get your backend working, you will have many more questions. Here are some good resources:

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/search.php
http://knoppmythwiki.org/
http://www.google.com

P.S. The first link [the search feature of this place] is your resource before you post a question.

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Retired KM user (R4 - R6.04); friend to LH users.

10/100 nics can be had for less then $10

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R5F1 - Dell P4 2.4Ghz 500MB - PVR250 x 2 - GeForce FX 5200 - Onboard sound/NIC 80GB ATA/250GB ATA/400GB SATA

You can read all that text that goes by on boot like this

Strange thing is I just looked through mine and didn't see anything that jumped out as relating to my pvr-250...

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Retired KM user (R4 - R6.04); friend to LH users.

## thanks for your pointing to this.

my problem is i made a choice for 'thin ethernet' long ago, so my networkcards need to have the bnc connector.
available new are rj45 connector cards only.

so i'm in need of 'old fashion' (3com) cards, only available 2nd hand (in NL netherlands)), or a hub with rj45 and bnc (which is a bit out of my budget (yes, i know!) new).

the 3com bnc card i had available (not in a machine) seems to be partially defective and is not seen (may be while this defect exists) by the compaq machine.

thanks,
rob

## have done this, but i cannot find the pointer in this listing,
but in the listing i get when i do dmegs|more, i see Hauppauge listed.
got this output as a text file, but don't know if i can/may add this here..



## see a few lines above

thanks,
rob

Hi,
sounds like an isa card and not sure if there is much support in the newer versions. I ran into that with audio You might try R5C7 to see if it might support it yet.

Try dmesg | less and scroll through to check if the nic was discovered first. Then run netcardconfig as root to try and set up your nic.

A 333mhz should be able to work as a recorder as the 250 has the encoder. It might even play if you had a 350 card which has a decoder for tv out. I use R5C7 on a 400 mhz Dell GX1 to play & record on a 350 with no problem, menus are a little slow, can't do eye candy with the mythmusic, but other wise it runs well.

Mike