CentOS - Jan 2008 - MyhtTV or Freevo or something else?

Hello,

  I have the idea brewing for some time in my mind - to build Linux based HTPC.
It would be used for movies, cable (analog for now) recording, Stepmania, backup
station, etc. And I would like to get some information before proceeding to
estimate the cost.

  Which one of the Linux projects would you suggest and why? MythTV, Freevo or
something else? Is CentOS good for such task or I should better use some more
bleeding edge distribution like Fedora?

  Also what are hardware requirements? I believe HD 1080p h264 movie playback
will set the bar. Which Intel or AMD CPU is enough (but not too expensive) for
that? And which video card is more suitable for such task.

  HTPC would be connected to Panasonic LCD TV with VGA and HDMI inputs.

  Thanks,

  Mindaugas

As a first project, check out mythdora.  It is a Fedora based MythTV
'distro'.  I installed it as a demo for a LUG (ie, in less than 2
hours).  Also check the hardware discussions on the mythtv wiki/website.

http://g-ding.tv/?q=MythDora


On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Mindaugas wrote:
>  Which one of the Linux projects would you suggest and why? MythTV, Freevo
or something else? Is CentOS good for such task or I should better use some more
bleeding edge distribution like Fedora?
>
>  Also what are hardware requirements? I believe HD 1080p h264 movie
playback will set the bar. Which Intel or AMD CPU is enough (but not too
expensive) for that? And which video card is more suitable for such task.
>
>  HTPC would be connected to Panasonic LCD TV with VGA and HDMI inputs.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Mindaugas
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