====== Home Theatre PCs ======

===== Useful Resources =====

See [[http://www.htpcnews.com/|HTPCnews.com]].  This site also has some excellent [[http://www.htpcnews.com/forums/index.php|forums]].

These threads may be useful:
  * [[http://www.htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2772|Speeding up XP boot times, any tips and tricks we can share?]]
  * [[http://www.htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3166|definitive list of frontend software]]

In 2004 Anandtech did a two-part article, [[http://anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2190|Building a Linux PVR Part I - MythTV Setup and Install]] and [[http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2208|Building a Linux PVR, Part 2: Microsoft's MCE 2004]].


===== Software =====

These softwares may be used for your HTPC:

  * [[http://www.team-mediaportal.com/|MediaPortal]]
    * [[http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/|MediaPortal Wiki]]
  * [[http://tomspeirs.com/gameex/|GameEx]]
  * [[http://meedio.com/|Meedio]]
  * [[http://www.mythtv.org/|MythTV]] (on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythTV|Wikipedia]])
    * [[http://wiki.knoppmyth.net/|KnoppMyth]]
  * [[http://weiopenhtpc.sourceforge.net/|OpenHTPC]]

===== TV Tuner Cards =====

The MediaPortal wiki lists compatible cards:
  * http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Supported_TVCards
  * http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Supported_TVCard_DVBt

===== Linux =====

Lightweight Ubuntu distros - Xubuntu, Ubuntu Lite, and Fluxbuntu.

Linux specific HDTV tuner cards: http://www.pchdtv.com/

A useful site is http://www.linuxtv.org/
  * http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_install_DVB
  * http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/First_steps_with_a_budget_DVB_card
  * http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Supported_Hardware
  * http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_PCI_Cards

Tuners that appear to be well supported under linux:
  * Avermedia DVB-T A777 (HDTV) $93 from pcmaniacs.com.au
  * Compro VideoMate DVB-T200 PCI (HDTV) $77 from Umart
  * KWorld DVB-T 220 (SDTV only, not HDTV) $86.70 from mwave.com.au
  * Kworld PCI DVB-T 100. $75.10 from mwave.com.au
  * LifeView FlyDVB-T   (doesnt seem to be very available in Aus)

There is a HDTV version of the Kworld... DVB-T220