ANNOUNCE: EFF PVR Build-In, Saturday 12 March, 11AM

[tek]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:56:38 -0800, Tony Godshall wrote 
 
> Hi, folks. 
>  
> PVR Build-In will be Saturday 12 March, 11AM at my 
> second-floor apartment in Alameda (two blocks West of 
> Webster, near shoreline).  My apartment is second floor  
> and looks West, so I think we have a pretty good chance  
> of picking up San Francisco HDTV stations. 
>  
> EFF has confirmed that they are sending the EFF build-in kit: 
>  
> * EFF hat and a few t-shirts 
> * Cool case stickers 
> * KnoppMyth ISO - a CD with the latest KnoppMyth distribution 
> * Print version of "Cooking with EFF: KnoppMyth and pcHDTV for DTV  
> Liberation" 
>  
> I told them I have two RSVP's so I assume they are only 
> sending three T-shirts.  Let me know ASAP if you plan to 
> show and maybe they'll send more. 
 
Put me down, might also host one with our LUG. 
Tnt 
 
>  
> If you want it to be an HDTV PVR, you'll need to get  
> a Linux-friendly HDTV tuner, such as the pcHDTV 
> (antenna-only) or Air2PC (antenna + unencrypted digital 
> cable).  EFF's instructions are for pcHDTV so that would 
> probably be simplest.  If you want to do Analog, that's fine 
> too- the cards typically do both cable and antenna. 
>  
> EFF recommends a P4 at 3GHz+ with 800MHz FSB to record HDTV. 
>  
>   http://www.eff.org/broadcastflag/cookbook/guide.php#requirements 
>  
> HDTV tuner cards seem to be going fast, so order right away! 
>  
> The priority will be to get EFF HDTV PVRs up and running but  
> folks wanting to do analog are also welcome.  I believe the 
> EFF-supplied (KnoppMyth) CD supports has a pretty recent kernel  
> device lib.  Lower spec computers are OK for Analog, especially  
> if you have a card with hardware MPEG encoding.  See... 
>  
>   http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1 
>  
> I have limited room, so you'll need to RSVP me if you plan 
> to come. 
>  
> Tony 
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