Hello all,
I want to build and use a Mythtv pc. I have a couple of questions that I need clarified before I begin. I will be using an Amd 2200+ processor, asus A7N8X board with 768 ddr ram. I have an ATI aiw 7500 video/tv card, which I know won't work for Mythtv. (I'll buy a new tv card of your recommendations)
First. I want the above mentioned pc to be the "backend main box"
that will also store the recorded shows as mpeg2 files
Second. I want the backend box to be the tv tuner for the living room tv viewing only. (tv to be used as monitor only)
Third. I want to be able to use another "front end" pc in a bedroom that will receive the recorded shows thru a wired network from the backend machine.
Fourth. very important. I want to be able to view live tv on the front end pc in the bedroom FROM the backend Mythtv pc in the living room. I want to be able to send the live tv signal from the backend machine to the frontend machine. (only one machine will view at a time) I have a wired Cat5 network cable to the frontend pc in the bedroom.
Fifth. how can I send the tv signal thru the network to the frontend machine? How does the frontend machine have to be configured? Can it be a mac os x machine? or can it be a windows machine? Or does it also have to hav mythtv with knoppmyth on it?
Sixth. I have no experience in linux at all. I just want to have a MythTv main pc as a living room tuner/dvr/server, that can also send the live tv or recorded shows to another pc in the bedroom. I also need to be able to access the MythTv main pc mpeg2 files from my mac os x machine on the same network, so I can retrieve them, edit out commercials, and burn to dvd. (I do that now) Is what I am suggesting possible? If so, can someone please give me some direction?
Thanks in advance,
-Tom (eagerly waiting to build!)
