[ale] MythTV InstallFest

[millia at panix.com (David W. Millians)]

H P Ladds wrote:
> Hey Crew,
> Response to the idea of a MythTV InstallFest  was favorable. (See post
> topic: [OT] DTV reception.)

For the record, I'd come over from Athens for this.

> The basic install of Linux and MythTV has become relatively trivial;
> however, optimizing a MythTV system is considerably less trivial.
> Perhaps we should focus the event on maintaining and optimizing a
> MythTV system.

I'm not sure the install is trivial! I'm fairly experienced and it was 
still confusing...

> In order to make the event as productive as possible for newbies,
> perhaps we should establish a prototypical system comprised of known
> to be dependable hardware. In short, tell attendees that if they
> show-up with X model video card, Y model capture card/device, and Z
> amount of processing power, it is very likely that they will leave
> with a fully functional and dependable machine.

Works for me, especially if it can do QAM. Hint hint.

> Should we have presentations? Any VDPAU gurus?
> Should we do installs in the morning and have "how to" type
> presentations in the afternoon?
> Should we branch out to include: Boxee, LinuxMCE, XBMC, Tivo, etc?

I would especially LOVE to see a session on converting an old xbox to a 
front end. If I can't get the 360 working, I'll punt back to the original...