2008-05-25, 12:33 PM
Hi Guys,
We've had a Polaroid standalone DVR for a year or so now and have just loved it, but it's got some short comings so I took the plunge and built a HTPC last weekend. I got as far as software loading and ran out of time and I've been on overtime all this week so I wont get back to this till later today.
I wanted to try MythTV but I'm not familiar with Linux and my job has been requiring a lot of overtime lately so I don't have much free time to devote to software playing. I thought about KnoppMyth but the new version of MythTV has been out for two and half months and they still don't have a new installer out for it and the idea of having to wait every time a new version comes out isn't very appealing.
I have a spare copy of Windows XP Pro available so I thought I'd load Windows today and then look around and see what's available on the Windows platform and GBPVR popped right up!
As I said, my time is a bit short these days so I thought I'd post the specs of the system and see if anyone has any tips that may save me some time.
HTPC system:
*) Motherboard - Asus M2NPV-VM
*) CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ with the 65nm core
*) Memory - 2 gigs Kingston DDR2 800 mhz
*) Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
*) DVD burner - BenQ DW1640
*) Tuner card - Gateway OEM PVR-150, came with an usb ir receiver / blaster unit and remote (I do plan on adding another tuner card or two, I just came across that one cheap)
*) Case - Antec NSK-2480
*) Operating system - Windows XP Pro SP2
TV it's hooked to:
*) Nothing special! Just an old Toshiba 27" CRT unit. No immediate plans for an upgrade, but you never know if someone runs a special. It has composite inputs and a SVHS input so I planned on using the SVHS.
As I said, I'm going to load Windows today. After that I thought I'd load GBPVR - any tips?
*) Should I use the drivers from the mother board CD or are there better ones out there for this motherboard?
*) I see there are some "time stamp" issues with the PVR-150s? Are the drivers from the Haupaugge web site OK (i.e. have they addressed this issue and released newer drivers?) or do I need to load alternate drivers? If so, which ones?
*) We would like to use this as a DVR and also play DVDs from it, anything special that needs done for DVD playback?
*) Loading a MAME game player might be fun, are there any other "must have" plug ins I should look at?
Thanks Guys! Can't wait to start playing with this!!!
Steve
We've had a Polaroid standalone DVR for a year or so now and have just loved it, but it's got some short comings so I took the plunge and built a HTPC last weekend. I got as far as software loading and ran out of time and I've been on overtime all this week so I wont get back to this till later today.
I wanted to try MythTV but I'm not familiar with Linux and my job has been requiring a lot of overtime lately so I don't have much free time to devote to software playing. I thought about KnoppMyth but the new version of MythTV has been out for two and half months and they still don't have a new installer out for it and the idea of having to wait every time a new version comes out isn't very appealing.
I have a spare copy of Windows XP Pro available so I thought I'd load Windows today and then look around and see what's available on the Windows platform and GBPVR popped right up!
As I said, my time is a bit short these days so I thought I'd post the specs of the system and see if anyone has any tips that may save me some time.
HTPC system:
*) Motherboard - Asus M2NPV-VM
*) CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ with the 65nm core
*) Memory - 2 gigs Kingston DDR2 800 mhz
*) Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
*) DVD burner - BenQ DW1640
*) Tuner card - Gateway OEM PVR-150, came with an usb ir receiver / blaster unit and remote (I do plan on adding another tuner card or two, I just came across that one cheap)
*) Case - Antec NSK-2480
*) Operating system - Windows XP Pro SP2
TV it's hooked to:
*) Nothing special! Just an old Toshiba 27" CRT unit. No immediate plans for an upgrade, but you never know if someone runs a special. It has composite inputs and a SVHS input so I planned on using the SVHS.
As I said, I'm going to load Windows today. After that I thought I'd load GBPVR - any tips?
*) Should I use the drivers from the mother board CD or are there better ones out there for this motherboard?
*) I see there are some "time stamp" issues with the PVR-150s? Are the drivers from the Haupaugge web site OK (i.e. have they addressed this issue and released newer drivers?) or do I need to load alternate drivers? If so, which ones?
*) We would like to use this as a DVR and also play DVDs from it, anything special that needs done for DVD playback?
*) Loading a MAME game player might be fun, are there any other "must have" plug ins I should look at?
Thanks Guys! Can't wait to start playing with this!!!
Steve