MythTV

A relatively standard screen shot of the initial MythTV screen (MythCenter theme).

A demonstration of MythTV on a high definition LCD television with the on-screen display.

An example of the Blootube Widescreen MythTV theme on a full high-definition 1080p (1920x1080) display.

An example of the Blootube Widescreen On-Screen-Display (OSD) MythTV theme on a full high-definition 1080p (1920x1080) display.

A snap of watching an episode of "Lost" on Seven HD in MythTV on a full high-definition 1080p (1920x1080) display. In this example, closed captions for the hearing impaired are turned on.

Introduction

The Retro theme for MythTV.

A screenshot of MythWeb, the web based management interface.

A network diagram of a typical complex MythTV implementation in the home.

MythTV is a free and open source Personal Video Recorder (PVR) for the Linux OS. It's easily extended through a diverse range of plugins providing extra capabilities such as DVD playback, photo management and games. MythTV provides high levels of customisability and features far beyond those offered by equivalent Home Theatre PC (HTPC) applications. It utilises a unique client/server architecture allowing for flexible deployment in the home environment. The latest stable release of MythTV is 0.21.

MythTV can

• Display digital, high definition and analogue television
• Time-shift LiveTV (Pause, Rewind and fast forward)
• Schedule programme recordings from an integrated Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)
• Automatically skip commercials
• Change the appearance of the display
• Support multiple combinations of TV tuner adapters
• Be extended through plugins

MythTV can not

• Wash your undies
• Clone your cat
• Help with the development of a flux capacitor
• Be described as anything less than brilliant

Plugins

MythTV is easily extended through a variety of plugins. A complete list of official MythTV plugins with a short description of their functionality have been catalogued below.

• MythArchive (Create DVDs of your recordings)
• MythBrowser (Built in web browser)
• MythDVD (DVD/VCD playback and ripping capability)
• MythFlix (A netflix implementation for MythTV)
• MythGallery (Photo management and presentation)
• MythGame (Play games on your television)
• MythMusic (Music library management and playback)
• MythNews (Read RSS feeds on your television)
• MythPhone (Receive and make phone calls)
• MythVideo (Playback for a variety of video formats)
• MythWeather (Display weather information)
• MythWeb (Web based management and video/audio streaming)
• MythAppleTrailers (Stream the latest movie trailers direct from Apple)

Supported and recommended hardware

The Linux kernel and MythTV support a large variety of hardware configurations. Historically, MythTV was developed for use with analogue television. Fortunately, support for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) was eventually included, providing MythTV with the capability to receive digital and high definition television.

When selecting hardware for use in your MythTV computer, it's important to establish the purpose of the project. That is, do you intend to play high definition television, or standard digital? This will ultimately determine the minimum hardware requirements for your MythTV computer. Obviously, high definition playback will require a more powerful computer than that of standard digital. If you wish to play HD video content it may be useful to choose a graphics card that supports VDPAU (nVidia GPUs that support CUDA, 8xxx series and later) as these are currently (20/6/09) the only GPUs that allow near full handoff of the decode stream to the GPU (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU gives more information on VDPAU under MythTV, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_180_vdpau&num=1 gives a good overview of the technology)

Lastly, you should check to ensure that your desired hardware is compatible with Linux and MythTV. To help with this process, the following supported devices have been listed. If in doubt, consult Google or the OCAU MythTV General Discussion and Support thread.

Minimum hardware requirements

It's important to understand that this topic is largely subjective. Individuals have different expectations and experiences that ultimately affect their perception of "minimum requirements". Therefore, the author of this section encourages you to use this information as a guide only.

• Searchable PVR Hardware database
• Official MythTV documentation hardware recommendations
• MythTV & High Definition...minimum requirements
• Official MythTV wiki - Configuring HDTV
• Information about X-Video Motion Compensation (XvMC)

Minimum hardware requirements for watching LiveTV on a single digital tuner without XvMC (Video acceleration)

Standard digital	High definition
Processor: Intel Pentium III 800Mhz or AMD Athlon 800Mhz Memory: 384MB HDD: 60GB (~20 Hours of recordings + OS)	Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Memory: 384MB HDD: 200GB (~20 Hours of recordings + OS)

If you're interested to see what other OCAU members are using in their MythTV configurations, take a look here.

Supported TV tuner adapters

The following list of TV tuner chipsets and adapters are by no means a representation of ALL supported devices. It's merely a list of devices that have been confirmed to function correctly by OCAU members. For a more comprehensive list of supported tuners, visit the LinuxTV wiki.

Commonly support chipsets

Any TV tuner adapter utilising these chipsets should be fully supported by a recent Linux kernel.

• Conexant 2388x (Recommended)
• Brooktree878 (Recommended)
• Philips SAA 7134
• B2C2 Flexcop II

Digital tuners

A list of confirmed digital tuners in alphabetical order. Tuners with "Card type autodetected" are recommended.

Adapter	Picture(s)
Asus MyCinema U3100 Mini USB DVB-T Digital TV Tuner Chipset: Unknown Kernel modules: DiB0070 (Card type autodetected) Firmware: /lib/firmware/2.6.24-19-generic/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw Notes Enjoys full direct support under current Ubuntu distributions with no extra drivers required. Literally plug in and play. Confirmed working under Ubuntu (and derivatives such as Mythbuntu) versions 8.04/8.04.1/8.04.2 (Hardy Heron LTS), 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), and 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). If you are using a custom kernel such as the Array.org EeePC kernel, you may not have support for the U3100 in it. If this is the case, simply copy the above firmware file from a vanilla Ubuntu install into your custom kernel directory under /lib/firmware and reconnect the U3100 to a USB port again. You can verify that the firmware was loaded successfully by reviewing the most recent entries in your /var/log/messages file (and the fact that the green LED on the tuner lights up). This is just a tuner. There is no IR receiver on it. The device runs warm but never hot, even when recording for extended periods of time. Can record two streams at once from the same channel, eg: ABC1 and ABC2, TEN and ONE HD, NINE and NINE HD, etc. Designed with the Asus EeePC in mind, but works on any PC. While the unit receives SDTV and HDTV, the EeePC does not have enough processing power to handle HDTV smoothly. No issues on Pentium 4 or greater, however. The USB connector cover is magnetic. Also comes with an extendable 3-stage antenna with rubber sucker to stick on the back of your laptop lid or on a window. Generous cable length (see second photo). Also comes with a swappable connector to attach a standard coaxial wall socket house antenna (as shown in photo). Comes with Linux, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP MCE, Windows Vista drivers on CD plus another CD with TV application software. This disc is NOT required to setup the U3100 with MythTV. Has a bright green "active" LED on it which may annoy users in a dark room. Unit is cheap. As at 1st October 2008, they are AUD$50 each (and reviewed again in June 2009, they are still the same price) - you can attach two or more to a MythTV or MCE server for multiple TV sources for cheaper than a comparable dual-tuner PCI card, however you should use a proper TV splitter designed for digital TV for your antenna source, or the signal drain will be too much when you connect the second tuner. Notes This unit is different to the older U3000 (and less sensitive) model, generally identified by a BLACK USB lid cover instead of a white one. Beware! dmesg might show a IR receiver but this is a false positive. Unit can is dissembled easily with a phone case tool. No screws. UDEV reports a serial number for easy enumeration when needed ATTRS{serial} Work well with non-powered splitter (as long as it's a "designed for Digital TV" unit - generic splitters will weaken the signal too much). RRP AUD$50 (Oct 2008/Jun 2009)
Compro VideoMate DVB-T200A Chipset: Philips SAA 7134 Kernel modules: saa7134 (Card=71), saa7134-dvb Special instructions Grab the CVS for video4Linux and linux-dvb, instructions can be found at LinuxTV.org Goto the video4linux directory and run scripts/merge-trees.sh Edit the Make.config file and make sure saa7134-dvb = n is changed to saa7134-dvb = m (builds the dvb part as a module) Run make && make install Then modprobe saa7134 oss=1 card=71 Then modprobe saa7134-dvb and you should be good to go For the DVB-T200, you will also need firmware. Please check the Documentation/dvb directory in the kernel source how to obtain and install it	N/A
Digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T (USB) Chipset: Conexant 2388x Kernel modules: cx88-dvb (Card type autodetected) Firmware: dvb-usb-vp7045-01.fw Special instructions: See this post on the OCAU forums for more details. Download firmware and copy to /lib/firmware.
DVICO (Ultraview) Fusion HDTV DVB-T Plus Chipset: Conexant 2388x Kernel module: cx88-dvb (Card type autodetected) Special instructions: When using Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) the module for the card is not loaded properly. Add cx88-dvb to /etc/modules to fix it. Now reboot and check to make sure that /dev/dvb/ exists and there should be adaptor0 inside.
DVICO (Ultraview) Fusion HDTV DVB-T Lite Chipset: Brooktree878 Kernel module: dvb-bt8xx
Leadtek DTV-1000T Chipset: Conexant 2388x Kernel module: cx88-dvb (Card type autodetected) Special instructions May need to add a line to /etc/modules cx88_dvb Notes The remote accompanying the tuner card works with a patch to Mythbuntu 7.10 (which was released October 2007) See this page for details of the patch. As at Ubuntu 8.04, no patch is required. You may need to recompile the kernel for 1000Hz ticks (most kernels' defaults are 250Hz) so that button presses are polled by the IR receiver accurately. This is detailed in the above link's Extra Information section. Supplies of the DTV-1000T in Australia seem to be drying up. The apparent replacement DTV-1000S doesn't seem to be supported by Linux as of Jan 2008.
Leadtek DTV-2000H Chipset: Conexant 2388x Kernel module: cx88-dvb (Card type autodetected) Notes The remote accompanying the tuner card works out of the box with recent enough Linux kernel. (Works with Mythbuntu 7.10) The "J" revision of this card is not autodetected but does work with the insmod option 'options cx88xx card=51'
Technisat Airstar 2 DVB-T Chipset: B2C2 Flexcop II Kernel modules: b2c2_flexcop_pci, b2c2_flexcop (Cart type autodetected)
Twinhan DVB-T Chipset: Brooktree878 Kernel module: dvb-bt8xx (Card type autodetected)
VisionPlus DVB-T (Twinhan clone) Chipset: Brooktree878 Kernel module: dvb-bt8xx (Card type autodetected) Special instructions Simply add 3 lines to /etc/modules dvb_core dvb-bt8xx dst
V-Stream XPERT DTV-DVB-T Chipset: Conexant 2388x Kernel module: cx88-dvb (Card type autodetected)
ASUS My Cinema U3000 Chipset: ??? Kernel module: dvb_usb_dib0700 Special instructions Need to update to latest v4l Notes Not as sensitive as the newer U3100. Does not work well with un-powered splitter. RRP $35 (Oct 2008)	N/A

Hybrid tuners

A list of confirmed hybrid tuners in alphabetical order

Adapter

Picture(s)

Compro VideoMate DVB-T300 Chipset: Philips SAA 7134 Kernel module: saa7134 (Card=70), saa7134-dvb Special Instructions: Grab the CVS for video4Linux and linux-dvb, instructions can be found at LinuxTV.org Go to the video4linux directory and run scripts/merge-trees.sh Edit the Make.config file and make sure saa7134-dvb = n is changed to saa7134-dvb = m (builds the dvb part as a module) Run make && make install Then modprobe saa7134 oss=1 card=70 Then modprobe saa7134-dvb and you should be good to go.

Unsupported tuners

A list of confirmed unsupported tuners in alphabetical order

Adapter	Details
DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4	A relatively new device, it utilises the Zarlink ZL10353 chipset. Unlike its predecessors, this chipset is currently unsupported. Fortunately, driver development is active. Until a mature driver has been produced, it's recommended to stick with an adapter based on either bt878 or cx2388x. UPDATE: Development on this driver has progressed substantially, it's now in a usable state. UPDATE: 6/03/08 Dvico have released a new revision 2.0 card. It has a new chip dib7070pb and a new hardware id DB98 At this stage this new revision DOES NOT work with linux. Chris Pascoe is making progress on a driver
Twinhan 3028 PCI	Currently sold at MSY for ~$55, this uses the mantis chipset. Initial diagnosis is that it's unsupported, but there is work in place to support the card in future. Personally managed to get the custom drivers compiled into the kernel, but no frontend support yet. linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb mailing list

Supported remote controls

MythTV supports any input device that can be configured with the Linux OS. This allows for a large selection of potential remote controls, wireless keyboards and any other input device you can conceive. People commonly associate remote controls with their televisions and HTPC's. As a result, this section provides information on supported Linux Infra-red Control (LIRC) devices. For a complete list of supported devices, you may like to look here.

A list of confirmed remote controls

Remote Control	Picture(s)
Microsoft Windows MCE IR remote control (Version 2) Manufacturer: Philips LIRC driver: mceusb2 Kernel module: lirc_dev, lirc_mceusb2 Example lircrc configuration file for MythTV
DViCO FusionHDTV IR Remote + USB Receiver Manufacturer: DViCO LIRC driver: dvico Kernel module: <to do> lirc definition file for DViCO FusionHDTV IR Remote 2 different remotes that both run with the same config files
Vista Rock Remote + USB Receiver Manufacturer: ??? Just says China :) LIRC driver: mceusb2 Kernel Module: lirc_dev, lirc_mceusb2 Example lircrc configuration file for MythTV
Digitech "generic" Media Center Remote + USB Receiver, model XC4889 Manufacturer: Some unknown Chinese entity LIRC driver: NOT APPLICABLE Kernel Module: NOT APPLICABLE The USB receiver is actually a USB keyboard. Buttons on the remote are sent as keyboard commands to the PC. Just plug in and start using it. Whilst this remote is compatible for Windows Media Center, you will be required to manually remap some key bindings to work with MythTV as most commands are sent as "CTRL+KEY" instead of just "KEY", eg: MythTV uses "P" for Play and Pause, but the remote sends a "CTRL+P" instead when you press the Play button which means nothing to MythTV. You need to add this to MythTV's key bindings before this remote will work properly for you. Under Linux, use the "xev" command line tool to determine what key presses the other remote buttons generate. Out of the box, the Direction and OK buttons on the remote already mimic the Arrow and Enter keys on a Linux keyboard. Under Ubuntu, the "Mouse" button on the remote will automatically toggle controlling the mouse pointer using the directional buttons on the remote. Toggling again returns arrow key functionality to the directional buttons. Whilst the receiver looks the same as the official Microsoft product, it bears absolutely no relation. You cannot use a genuine Microsoft remote with this receiver. The receiver does NOT have any connections on the back for IR "blasters" unlike the official Microsoft product. This is a good cheap alternative as it is priced at about AUD$29.95 (June 2009).

Recommended Software

MythTV is an application that sits on top of a Linux distribution. Consequently, it's irrelevant which distribution you decide to use in your MythTV configuration. What's important is that you have the required package dependencies, and access to support. Distributions such as Ubuntu and Arch include MythTV in their package repositories which automatically resolve dependencies, simplifying the install process.

When choosing your Linux distribution, the author of this wiki article encourages you to pick a distribution that you're familiar with. Familiarity leads to confidence which is of benefit in a first-time install process. If you don't favour any particular distribution, pick a one that has a wide range of support. As a general rule of thumb, popular distributions are your best bet. They usually offer multiple places for seeking help such as forums, IRC and a mailing list. If you'd like assistance from other OCAU members, you may be interested in the MythTV General Discussion and Support thread on the OCAU forums.

Lastly, there are special, customised distributions that are designed specifically for MythTV. They present considerable advantages for users with little or no Linux experience by including automated installers and support for proprietary drivers. They're often considered "out of the box" solutions.

Linux Distributions

Distributions listed in alphabetical order

Distribution	MythTV installation guides	Support
Arch Linux	MythTV HOWTO Enable XvMC for nVidia graphic adapters	Forums IRC Mailing List
Fedora Linux	Step-by-step guide to building a MythTV System on Fedora Core 6 w/ATrpms Installing MythTV on Fedora Core	Forums IRC Mailing Lists
Gentoo Linux	Official Gentoo MythTV installation guide HOWTO Setup MythTV on the Gentoo Wiki	Forums IRC Mailing List
Ubuntu Linux	MythTV Ubuntu Installation Guide Ubuntu Installation Guides for various versions Ubuntu Community Documentation for various Ubuntu versions incl Feisty	Forums IRC Mailing List

MythTV distributions

Distributions listed in alphabetical order.

KnoppMyth

• KnoppMyth is my attempt at making the Linux and MythTV installation as trivial as possible.

Mythbuntu

• Mythbuntu is an Ubuntu derivative focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV system similar to KnoppMyth or MythDora. The Mythbuntu distribution fits on a single CD which can also be used as a frontend liveCD.

VDPAU support (adding full GPU based decode to MythTV on Nvidia Geforce 8xxx and later GPUs) can easily be added to Mythbuntu (or a vanilla Ubuntu) using John Avenards patched repositories http://www.avenard.org/media/Ubuntu_Repository/Ubuntu_Repository.html WARNING: If the Avenard respositories are used no support is given by the Mythtv team as this is considered a code fork.

MythDora (Recommended)

• MythDora is a Fedora Core and MythTV "All-In-One" DVD. The DVD will load a preconfigured Fedora Core installation on your computer as well as install and configure MythTV.

Electronic programme guide (EPG)

A screenshot of a relatively standard MythTV EPG.

MythTV uses XMLTV to store and display programme data in the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). Programme data is populated into the MythTV database through the use of a XMLTV grabber, such as the tv_grab_au script. In Australia, there are several XMLTV grabbers which provide varying levels of programme data. The legality of some grabbers are disputed.

Australian EPG tutorials and "How To's"

Ozmyth (Recommended)

The aim of this website to provide information on getting MythTV configured for Australian TV (although more general information is provided as well). The aim is to cover MythTV installation, Free to Air digital configuration, Foxtel Digital (and its variants) configuration and a buying guide for hardware readily available.

Australian XMLTV grabbers

Shepherd (Recommended)

Shepherd provides reliable, high-quality guide data for Australian free-to-air TV and Pay TV channels by employing a flock of independent grabbers and data sources. In addition, Shepherd provides HDTV programme data, as well as the capability to automatically configure TV network icons. It's the de facto choice of OCAU MythTV users, and recommended by the author of this wiki article.

IceTV

IceTV is a commercial entity that provides pre-compiled programme data for subscribers. Subscription can be purchased for approximately $13/month.

OzTivo

OzTivo is a community maintained television guide that provides pre-compiled programme data in the XMLTV and TiVo slice formats. The Guide relies on a community of users to create and upload guide data to the Guide's database. The database is then hand-edited via a web interface to correct any mistakes.

OzTivo recently moved and many guides now contain broken links, including the MythTV-TV_GRAB_AU entry in this wiki.

• The new URL for the OzTiVo TWiki is http://www.oztivo.net
• The new URL for the Community TV Guide is http://tvguide.oztivo.net

ltd73 (tv_grab_au)

Prior to Shepherd, Ltd73's tv_grab_au script provides verbose and accurate programme data from the Yahoo7 web site. This script is now deprecated, and Australian MythTV users are encouraged to use it's successor, Shepherd.

Australian television network icons

MythTV provides users with the ability to define icons for individual TV channels. You're able to set these automatically with software such as Shepherd, or manually by configuring icons via mythtv-setup. There are numerous free-to-air icon schemes available from a variety sources. Some OCAU members have created useful TV network icon resources.

MythTV supports amongst other formats, JPEG and transparent PNG images. Unfortunately, it does not support SVG.

Getting icons

The Network Seven HD icon from the t8 scheme.

There are four OCAU-centric locations that you can get TV network icons.

• Australian TV Network Logos
  Has a number of TV network icon schemes (mostly scalable versions of the schemes below.) Also has a master SVG template for editing your own icons.
• Shepherd
  Automated channel icon schemes.

Configuring icons via mythtv-setup

1. Run mythtv-setup, from either a terminal window or a run dialog.
2. Go to 5. Channel Editor.
3. Select the channel you wish to add an icon to.
   Note, you will need to press enter after you select the channel name. Double clicking seems to have been disabled for some reason.
4. Enter the path to a supported graphic file in the Icon: field.

Tips, tricks and common problem fixes

Tips and tricks

For a comprehensive list of MythTV tips and tricks, you may like to visit the Myth(TV)ology web site for additional information.

Common problem fixes

No sound on Channel Seven or SBS

Symptoms: No sound occurs on channel Seven or SBS (In Australia, they have ac3 audio streams) when they are tuned to from another channel (i.e. You are watching channel nine, and change to channel Seven). There is however sound if you choose channel Seven, exit live TV mode and then re-enter live TV.

Fix: It appears there can be weird problems like this when using PS format to watch TV. It can be fixed by:

1. Exit mythfrontend and mythbackend
2. Enter mythtv-setup
3. Go to card options
4. Select your DVB card
5. Go to 'Advanced Settings'
6. Select 'Recording Options'
7. Check the box that says 'Record in TS format instead of PS'
8. Exit mythtv-setup, and restart mythbackend and mythfrontend

No display when watching LiveTV

Symptoms: When trying to watch LiveTV the screen is blank and no input is accepted, after a few moments will drop back to main menu.

Fix:

1. Stop mythbackend
2. Run mythtv-setup
3. Select Option 4. Input Connections
4. Add a starting channel (ie. 7)
5. Close myth-setup, restart mythbackend and test

Full scan does not pick up channel 9

Symptoms: None of the channel 9 transport streams are tuned in after doing a full channel scan.

Fix:

1. Stop mythbackend
2. Run mythtv-setup
3. Select Option 5. Channel Editor
4. Then go to Transport Editor
5. Select (New Transport)
6. Setup using the following settings
7. Standard=DVB, Freq.=191625000, Bandwidth=7MHz, Inversion=Auto, Modulation=QAM-64, LP Coderate=None, HP Coderate=3/4, Trans.Mode=8K, Guard Int.=1/16, Hierarchy=None
8. Do a full rescan of channels and channel 9 should be present
9. Close myth-setup, restart mythbackend and test

Support and additional information

The purpose of this wiki article is to provide OCAU and Australian MythTV users with relevant and up-to-date information on MythTV. OCAU members are encouraged to contribute to this article wherever possible. In the event that you notice incorrect or outdated information that you're unable to rectify by yourself, please feel free to contact either Dedge or Techtoucian. For MythTV general discussion and support, please visit this thread.

Informative and helpful links

Some useful links have been compiled into a list below. If in doubt, Google is a fantastic resource of information.

Official documentation

• The offical MythTV documentation
• Official MythTV community maintained wiki

Complementary information

• Linux TV - Television with Linux
• LIRC - Linux infra-red remote control information

OCAU forum threads

• MythTV General Discussion and Support
• Linux + MythTV = WIN
• A good TV tuner?

OCAU member configurations and setups

The following table compromises of MythTV configurations by various OCAU members. It provides [potential] MythTV users with an opportunity to view what configurations other OCAU members are utilising. In addition, it may help to determine what hardware is necessary for either standard digital or high definition content. For fun, OCAU members may include pictures of their setups. If you're an OCAU member and would like to include your configuration in this table, click here for more information.

OCAU member configurations (Alphabetical)

OCAU username	Configuration	HDTV capable	OS/Distribution	Picture(s)
alphalove	Antec Fusion mATX Abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD (mATX) Intel E4300 1.8Ghz @ 3.0Ghz (9 x 334Mhz) stock voltages Corsair TwinX 2Gb PC5400 DDR2 RAM (2 x 1024MB), 4-4-4-12 Asus GeForce 8500GT Silent 512MB PCI-E Hauppauge Nova-T-500 - Dual HD tuners Asus WL-167g 54Mbps USB Wireless Adapter Samsung HD501J - 500GB SATA II Samsung SH-S183A - DVD±RW Drive SATA Thermalright SI-128 Socket 775 CPU Cooler (no fan fitted) MS MCE Remote Globlink GKM-700 RF wireless slim keyboard with optical trackball 2 x Noctua case fans (NF-S12) 1200RPM TV - Samsung LA46M81BD - 46" 1920x1080p DVI to HDMI Photos to follow	Yes	Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 Mythtv SVN 0.20-fixes rt73 WL-167g Nvidia beta drivers
aynema	Master Backend / Frontend Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 2x 512MB Corsair Value Select PC-5300 DDR2 DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital 4 (Was working but not now) Vision Plus Tuner Card XFX nVidia 7900GT Western Digital Raptor 36Gb, 2x300Gb WD SATA in RAID1 for Recordings Slot Loading DVD-Rom MS MCE Remote Panasonic Viera 42" Plasma via DVI-HDMI Second Backend / Frontend Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H Intel Core2Quad Q6600 (Got this sent instead of a E2160) mAudio Revolution 5.1 (Using OSS and SPDIF) 2 x Corsair 1GB Value Select PC-4200 DDR2 RAM Installed on 320Gb Drive Origin X10 Case and MS MCE Remote (Controlled by irTrans (LCD Working but no remote)) 47" LG LCD	Sometimes I'm having issues getting the DVICO Card to work all the time its very temperamental to updates but works great when it's working iRTans is a bit of a pain to get working but I recommend looking at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304807 or http://www.mythdora.com/?q=node/3557 depending on your OS	Mythbuntu 8.10 with Shephard EPG ALSA on Master OSS Audio on Second (Works great) Mythdora 10 with Shephard EPG
barney	Master Backend / Frontend Intel E2180 Gigabyte EP31-DS3L Gigabyte 8400GS Supertalent 2x1GB DDR2-800 Western Digital 640GB SE16 SATA Samsung SATA DVD-RW Leadtek DTV1000T Leadtek DTV1000T Silverstone LC17 MS MCE Remote Samsung Series 6 40" LCD	Yes	Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 LTS
BBB	Master Backend / Frontend Asus P5WD2E Intel D920 2gb DDR2 DVICO Fusion DVB-T Dual (PCI & USB) DVICO Fusion DVB-T Leadtek 6200TC Seagate 320gb SATA Seagate 250gb SATA LG 16x DVD-ROM DVICO MCE Remote Samsung LA32 HD LCD Secondary Frontend Asus P5NE-SLI Intel E4400 Onboard Sound 2 x Leadtek 7950GT in SLI 2gb DDR2 Western Digital 250GB PATA HDD Sony DVD-RW	HDTV is fine. The DVICO MCE Fusion Remote is now working correctly, and with MythDora 5 it still uses the event/input config.	Mythdora 5 and Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04
BlueSteel	Primary Backend AMD AthlonXP 2500+ Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard 1GB DDR400 250GB Seagate 7200.11 128MB Sapphire Radeon 9500 2 Leadtek USB Dongle Gold. Works since Ubuntu 9.04 Solo Frontend/Backend (not networked yet) AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.4ghz 1GB DDR400 Abit KN8-ultra Logitech Z-5500 connected via optical cable Asus 512MB Geforce 8400GS (Passive heatsink) S-Video connection to Louwe Aconda 84cm widescreen 100hz CRT TV Dvico FusionHDTV Plus PCI card DVICO MCE remote + USB receiver	Yes (through frontends) Currently Windows clients run XBMC as the frontend. Laptops on wireless lan can't playback HD channels effectively (not enough bandwidth on 802.11g).	Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 (Primary Backend) Windows Vista (X86 and X86-64) Frontends Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 (Solo frontend/backend)
Bunyipbluegum	GA-PCV2 Mini-ITX motherboard with VIA 1.0GHz C3 CPU 512MB DDR RAM Onboard CLE-266 video adapter LEADTEK WinFast DTV2000H 80GB Seagate IDE LEADTEK Y04G0033 remote (provided with tuner card)	No	Mythbuntu 7.10
cleary	Elisa Frontend/MythTV Backend Intel Core2Duo E8400 2GB DDR Intel G31 integrated VGA 1x DVico DVB-Lite HDTV Tuner (brooktree878 chipset) + IR remote 1x 250GB Seagate ST3250820AS 7200RPM 3x 1TB Samsung HD103UI 5400RPM RAID5 42" Sanyo Plasma @ 1024x768 (anamorphic)	Yes	sidux Pontos (2008-04) 64 bit
covert	Frontend/Backend AMD A64 +4800 X2 Gigabyte M61PME-S2 2GB DDR800 - Kingston 8600GTS - DVI->HDMI 2x Asus U3100 - Un-powered Splitter DVB-T - USB ID 0b05:173f ASUSTek Computer, Inc. 2x Digiwave 103G Satellite DVB-S 1x Sata WD 500GB 1x Sata WD 1000GB 1x Pioneer DVR-115D Antec NSK2480B Black 42inch SD Plasma Frontend Apple TV 40GB Mythbuntu Installed to HD	Yes	FE/BE Mythbuntu 8.04 with 2.6.27-4 kernel from intrepid FE ATV Mythbuntu 8.04.1
Dedge	AMD Athlon 64 3600+ X2 512MB DDR2 nVidia 7300GS 4x 320GB SATA HDD in software RAID 5 1x 80GB HDD for OS 16x Pioneer DVD-RW optical drive Silverstone LC17 enclosure NEC 40" HDTV LCD Display (1336x768)	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04
downforce	Master Backend Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 Intel E2160 Team Dark 2x1GB DDR2-800 DVICO Dual Digital (Rev 1) Asus EN7600GS 256MB Tagan 430W PSU OS: 2x Seagate 36GB U160 SCSI + Adaptec 2100S - RAID 0 Storage: WD 750GB SATA, WD 500GB SATA, Maxtor 320GB IDE Lite-On 8x DVD-ROM Intel 1000GT PCI NIC HTPC Frontend Silverstone GD01MX Black (inc iMON Remote + LCD) AMD X2 4400+ AM2 Gigabyte GA-M55-S2plus Team Dark 2x1GB DDR2-800 Corsair VX450 PSU Scythe Mini-Ninja + 4 Noctua R8's Asus EN8500GT 512MB Passive WD 80GB SATA Pioneer DVR-221BK SATA DVD-RW	Yes	Ubuntu Alternative 8.04 + mythtv-frontend
fad	Antec Fusion mATX Core 2 Duo E4300 ASUS P5B-VM DO mATX, PCI-E, GbE, 8 SATA, Q965 ICH8 1GB DDR 6400 nVidia 7800 256MB 1x DVico DVB-Dual Digital HDTV Tuner + IR remote 2x 320GB Seagate 16MB Sata2 NCQ HDDs Pioneer DVD-R A08	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04
FrogBoy	VIA EPIA M9000 512M PC133 Onboard VIA video, sound etc Leadtek Winfast DTV-2000H 250MB Seagate HDD Crappy Old SONY TV	No - Not Enough Grunt	Debian Sarge
FaNToM	AMD Athlon64 3500+ 512MB DDR400 Asrock 939 DualSata2 Nvidia FX5200 Onboard sound Compro DVB-T300 + Remote 20GB Seagate HDD (OS) 80B Maxtor HDD (Recordings) Mapped Drive from Windows Server for Movies 32" Samsung HD LCD TV	Yes	Mythdora 4.0
HrdwrBoB	Server DS3P/6420/2gb/6800GS Leadtek DTV1000T 2.8 tb raid5 (7x500gb seagate sata) Frontend crappy motherboard athlon 64 3200+ 1gb ram 8600GT (needs nvidia beta drivers :( ) 37" 1080p panel (1080p over DVI, overscan corrected by changing res in myth.) Thermaltake Mozart SX with VFD/remote Old 4x DVD-R	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04	100px
Jimboberella	AMD Athlon64 3700+ 1GB DDR Nvidia 6600 Onboard sound Leadtek Winfast DTV-1000T 250GB Seagate HDD (tv) 120GB Maxtor HDD (Videos) 80GB Seagate HDD (OS etc) 48cm Philips TV	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04
kingborel	Backend/Frontend ASUS A8N-SLI AMD Athlon64 3800+ 2GB 667 RAM Winfast DTV-1000 Nvidia 7100GS passive 2x320GB SATA HDD Windows/Phillips MCE Remote	Yes (with CPU++ Profile selected)	MythBuntu 8.04
Kreegor	Backend/Frontend Gigabyte P31-S3G Core 2 Duo E2160 2GB DDR2 667 RAM DVICO (Ultraview) Fusion HDTV DVB-T Plus + IR Remote Leadtek DTV1000 T Asus GeForce 8400GS 256MB DVI -> HDMI Onboard AC97 sound 500GB HDD Silverstone LS20 Silver	Yes	MythBuntu 8.04 with Shepherd EPG
LJackson	Backend / Frontend HP Compaq DC7100 SFF (P4 3.4Ghz) 2 GB Ram (might take 1 out, doesn't seem to use much of it) Dual Head Video Card (Nvidia) 19" LCD (1280x1024) Hauppage Nova-T-500 Dual DVB-T Leadtech Winfast DTV Dongle Gold MCSAITE RF USB Wireless Slim Keyboard with Track/Touch Pad 2 x 160GB SATA HDD 2.5" 320GB external HDD CD/DVD Burner TO DO Setup Winfast Remote Test onboard video and maybe remove the dual head card if it works ok. Get SBS working (probably a reception issue) (Last) Get a bigger screen and move it into the lounge Frontend / WebRemote I'm currently trying to set this up, can't comment on it's suitability or performance yet. My plan is to set it up as a frontend but also to use/expand mythweb to control the main frontend. So the keyboard of the netbook would act as the keyboard and remote for the main frontend. Acer Aspire One(netbook). 8mb SSD 512mb Ram Intel Atom 1.6Ghz	Yes (netbook: No)	Mythbuntu 8.04 (netbook: oneLinux Beta)
martynh	AMD Athlon 3200+ Asus M2NPV-VM 1GB DDR2 800MHz Onboard Video (Nvidia 6150) Onboard sound (SoundMax ad1986A) Leadtek Winfast DTV-1000T x 2 SilverStone LC17 Case Seasonic S12 430W PSU 320GB Western Digital HDD Hitachi 32" LCD (32LD380TA) Microsoft Media Center Remote	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04
Mickoeus	Intel C2D E6420 2.13GHz ASUS P5B-VM (micro ATX) Antec Fusion Case 2GB DDR RAM Gigabyte GEF7600GS 120GB SATA Twinhan DVBT MCE Remote	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04
mike-s	Pentium 4 2.8GHz intel D865GLC Motherboard 1GB DDR400 nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x Onboard sound (Intel ICH5 AC'97 Audio Controller) Dvico Fusion HDTV Lite PCI (Rev 1.0 h/w) 2x Dvico Fusion Home DVB-T (Rev 4.0 H/w) Antec NSK-2480B case (very quiet 12cm fans = ideal) Shaw 450W PSU Seagate ST3160812A 160Gb HDD (boot & primary /storage LVM) Western Digital WDC WD800JB 80Gb HDD (LVM extension) Seagate ST36421A 6.5Gb HDD (used as a config archive ) Acer 48x CD, 8x DVD-RAM drive Dvico FusionREMOTE & usb port.	When i had a 2.4GHz CPU in there, it barely ran HD with slight tearing visible. Going up to a 2.8GHz CPU made all the difference.	Mythdora 4.1
Mycosys	Backend / Frontend AMD AthlonXP 1600+ (1.4Ghz) Gigabyte GA-7DXE 768MB DDR-200 RAM Albatron AGP6200ALQ 2.0 (NV 6200) 40GB ATA133 HDD Asus MyCinema U3100mini generic USB2 PCIe Host (U3100mini needs USB2) Dell 1226 Full HD Trinitron ancient case lined with bubble wrap, 7v fan adapters	Yes (with XvMC - stutters with OSD, otherwise perfect) was not HD capable without XvMC (and hence not with GeForce 2MX400 or Radeon 7000)	Mythbuntu 8.1
Mythdora	AMD Semperon 2800+ 512MB DDR2 S3 Virge 2x V-Stream Xpert DTV-DVB-T 240GB HDD 16x Pioneer DVD-RW optical drive SPI enclosure Sony CRT Monitor	No - Video card not up to it	MythDora 4.0
Paisley	The "Shishtem" Asus P5Q3 Deluxe Wifi DDR3 Intel Quad Core Q9450 Kingston KVR1333D3N9K2/ 4G 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Nvidia ASUS EN9600GT MATRIX/HDMI/512MB Onboard sound (Optical out) 2x Leadtek 2000H DTV tuners 2x 1TB Samsung F1 3D HD103UJ 1x 320GB WD3200JS (used for MythTV live TV spool) Antec 900 case 42" Panasonic Plasma	Yes Full 1080p, 720p Frame sync and refresh is excellent - using hardware vblanking via NVIDIA driver 177.82 Using CPU++ playback profile - adjusted MAX_CPUs and deinterlacer to GreedyHighMotion(2x)	Mythbuntu 8.10 (LiveTV) XBMC (Movies and Music)
Pingers	Pentium 4 2.8E 512MB DDR Nvidia FX 5200 Onboard sound (C-Media) Twinhan Terrestrial DVB DTV Tuner 120GB WD SATA (tv) 120GB WD SATA (videos) 68cm Panasonic TV	Probably	Ubuntu 7.04
RoboRat	Master Backend Intel Core 2 E6420 GA-965P DS3 3GB DDR2 POV Nvidia 7600GS (Passive) 320GB Seagate SATA Headless 2 x DTV1000 T, 1 x Twinhan DTV MiniTer Frontend 1 P4 1.7 GHz Dell GX240 512M SDR nVidia GeForce MX 2 440 passive Sony 127cm Rear Projection TV 4G HD Homebrew serial LIRC receiver + Leadtek Y04G0033 Frontend 2 Intel P4 2.66 Northwood @ 3.1GHz Asus P4P800-Deluxe 1GB DDR Silverstone LC17 Albatron Nvidia FX 5900XTV 80GB Maxtor IDE Sony 68cm Flat CRT SB Live Hauppauge MCE Remote	Yes/Yes (with XvMC) The Dell stutters when OSD appears The Albatron GeForce FX 5900 XT only works with Nvidia binary drivers 96.43	Ubuntu 8.04
samarium	Intel E6420 2.13GHz at 2.67GHz Gigabyte G33M-DS2R 2GB DDR2 667 Nvidia 7300 PCI-e, passive cooling Onboard sound (AC-97) Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T LifeView TV Walker Twin DVB-T USB2 500GB Samsung SATA + 160GB SATA, RAID1 for system/database, Linear for recordings Antec Fusion 68cm noname TV, component input, 576i	Maybe	Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy DVB cards work with default drivers now Shepherd EPG
spedwards	AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Gigabyte GA-VT600 1394 512MB DDR Nvidia FX 5600 Onboard sound (AC-97) Leadtek WinFast DTV1000 T 200GB SeaGate PATA 68cm Palsonic TV Silverstone LC10M+	Yes	MythDora 4.0
Stik79	Master BE/FE combo Athlon Venice 3500+ Shuttle SN95G 1GB DDR nVidia GeForce FX6200TC (passive) 700G LVM (Samsung quietness) 32" AWA 720p LCD (1366x760) Digital now USB Twin Tuners Slave BE/FE combo (in bedroom (needs quietness - PSU = only fan)) Athlon 2100+ (underclocked) / Abit NF7S Silverstone LC17M 512M DDR nVidia GeForce FX 5200 passive 48cm CRT LG TV (bleh - replace with LCD one day) Kworld Xpert DVB-T100 PCI Digital TV Tuner (cx88_dvb) 0G HD - remote boot/NFS Gigabit Wired Network	Yes/Yes (with XvMC)	FC6/FC6
Thrawn	Dell SC430 Intel Pentium D 820 2.8 Ghz Dual Core 512MB ECC DDR2 (256MB pc4300 standard and one 256MB pc3200, needs the initial release BIOS for pc3200 support) Gainward 7300GT fanless, cut the PCIe x4 slot to fit USB Audio with optical output 1TB software RAID-5 JFS volume consisting of 5 x 250GB partitions 3 x 250GB SATA drive 1 x 320GB SATA drive (remainder space for OS) 1 x 250GB IDE drive 1 x 200GB IDE drive outside RAID TV Tuners Dvico Fusion HDTV Lite PCI Twinhan VP3020 PCI Display device Aiko 32" LCD 1366x768 HDMI 30" LCD 2560x1600 (now sold, found TV is better on the much cheaper Aiko anyway) Network Onboard Broadcom Gigabit Extra PCIe Broadcom Gigabit	Yes	Slackware 10
The Sentinel	Silverstone HTPC case Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz 4GB DDR RAM NVidia 9400 PCI-e card with HDMI-out Onboard High-definition audio with optical output 3.8TB Reiserfs LVM TV Tuners Nebula DigiTV PCI DVB tuner 2 x DVICO tuners Display device 108CM Widescrenn CRT Network Onboard Broadcom Gigabit 1 x master backend/frontend 3 x slave frontends 1 x slave backend	Yes	MythBuntu x64
Wornbat	Backend Two AMD Athlon(tm) MP 1600+ AMD-760 MP Motherboard 512MB DDR RAM Video cards ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS Backend nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT] Frontend 1 ATI Technologies Radeon 9600 Frontend 2 ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] Laptop Frontend 3 Storage 1 x 30GB OS 1 x 300GB drive Mythtv Record storage 1 x 200 GB SATA drive DVD Storage 1 x 120 GB SATA drive Apps/Misc Storage TV Tuners DVICO DVB Lite Backend DVICO DVB Pro Backend DVICO DVB Hybrid (Analog sound not working?) Backend Analog Tuner PROVIEW Backend 2 Slave Display devices 21in Phillips CRT Frontend 1 Main Computer Desktop 1 19in Widescreen LCD Frontend 1 Main Computer Desktop 2 50in Widescreen HDTV LG Plasma Frontend 1 Slave of Main Computer Desktop 2 19in CRT Backend / Frontend 2 19in Widescreen LCD Laptop Frontend 3 Network Onboard 100mB 3 Wireless 54mB G Networks 1 x master backend/frontend 3 x slave frontends Shepherd EPG	Yes	Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty
adante	P4 2.8Ghz with HT SIS P4S800 motherboard GeForce 4 Ti4200 600gb (3x200gb RAID-0) Medion 37" LCD (1366x768) DVI-Input Tv Tuners TwinHan VisionPlus Compro VideoMate DVB-T300 Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T DTV1000-T remote	Only just (no) - can play smoothly but 100% CPU and response is sluggish	Ubuntu 7.10 Kernel 2.6.22.9 patched for DTV1000 remote support MythTV 0.20.2
Storage Locker	ASUS Motherboard AMD Proceesor 1G memory Video card - fanless Nvidia , with DVI output 40G for system ie root and 2x400 as LVM for recordings. TV is an LG 42 inch LCD Remote - Keyboard and the LC20 remote AMP - Denon AVR-1906 receiver Speakers - Wharfedale Rubiance series Tuners Hauppauge PVR 150 for Foxtel Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T for digital free to air LIRC to drive Foxtel via simple serial port blaster. Grabber is Shepherd , runs each day approx 4AM Case - Silverstone LC20 Black with VFD. Yep, the display works with LIRC Case - You must put a fan or two in the front of the case to cool the hard drives.	Ubuntu 7.10	Can record and play back smoothly
elbeasto	Abit AV8 3rd eye Motherboard 2GB Giel RAM Video card - 6800GT nvidia (AGP) Speakers - Logitech R-20 (very cheap but quite decent) Tuners Dvico Fusion dvb-t Hybrid (doesn't work with newer kernels, 2.6.20 or greater) Leadtek WinfastDTV 2000H (revision "J") Remote - Dvico USB remote Case - Cooler Master Elite Grabber - shepherd	HD and SD work and playback well HD playback causes a decent amount of CPU usage	Debian Etch kernel - 2.6.18-6-amd64
Bonj	Backend/Frontend Motherboard: Foxconn P965 chipset (Conroe) CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 (2.4GHz) 800MHz FSB RAM: 1GB Tuner: 1x LeadTek DTV-1000T, 1x LeadTek DTV-2000H Rev. J (options cx88xx card=35,51) Video: PCIe nVidia 7200GS passive - 1080i component out Audio: onboard Intel HDA optical out to surround receiver HDD: 500GB SATA DVD: Pioneer DVD single layer burner Case: Silverstone LC20 Silver Display: Sony HD 76cm widescreen CRT Old hardware (worked until motherboard developed a fault) Motherboard: Asus P4S800 CPU: Intel P4 2.6GHz 800FSB w/ hyperthreading RAM: 512MB Tuner: LeadTek DTV1000T Video: AGP nVidia FX5200 passive - Svideo out. (would have been 1080i RGBHV but for faulty mb) Audio: onboard SIS chipset - stereo out HDD: 320GB LVM {1x 200GB IDE, 1x 120GB IDE}, 1x 80GB IDE Laptop frontend Dell Vostro 1400 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz) RAM: 4GB Video: nVidia 8400GS discrete Audio: onboard Intel HDA HDD: 250GB SATA DVD: dual layer burner	Yes, Yes, Yes	Mythbuntu 7.10, MythDora 4.0, Kubuntu 7.10 x86_64

How to contribute

OCAU members are encouraged to include their configurations in this wiki article. Please include your hardware specifications, television display, HDTV capability (I.e. are you able to smoothly display high definition content?), OS/Distribution; and any relevant pictures. In an attempt to reduce clutter, please limit your entry to a maximum of two pictures with respective thumbnails. If you're unsure where to start, copy an existing entry. Note: Please keep entries in alphabetical order by OCAU username.

ToDo (Please contribute!)

This is a small list items that are either unfinished, or require implementation. If you're unable to contribute but would like to, please contact either Dedge or Techtoucian.

Seeking additional information on specific topics

As it currently stands, information in this wiki article has been compiled by Dedge, Techtoucian and the previous wiki article. If you're successfully using a TV tuner or remote control that is not currently listed, please add it.

We're seeking additional resources for the following sections. Please ensure they're current.

• Linux Distributions
• MythTV distributions
• Tips, tricks and common problem fixes
• Informative and helpful links

Dvico Fusion HDTV Remote

• Update kernel modules required for Dvico Fusion HDTV remote (Cleary) - Please see the discussion page for more information.

Images requested for TV tuners

Several TV tuners listed in this wiki article do not have respective images. We're unable to use images from other web sites due to copyright law. Therefore, if you have a TV tuner listed in this wiki article without an image, please take a photo, upload it, and add it to this wiki article.

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