Installing Mythbuntu 14.04.1 on my new Haswell i7 / Intel DH87RL box proved impossible due to an annoying audio bug that prevented audio out over HDMI. For this reason I eventually opted to use Ubuntu 14.10 instead of Mythbuntu. Read the installation notes here. This guide is by no means complete! For the sake of completness here are my notes for …
Upgrades to MythTV system
After my system was quietly humming away for years it was time for an upgrade. One part was concerning the storage system whilst the other had to do with my video card. Storage Upgrade I remember my very first build having used a 80GB disk for the recordings. A lot has happened in the meantime and capacities are up by …
Hardware
CPU Most if not all processors these days are fast enough to decode HD videos and do some sharpening if supported by a recent GPU. Running at least one virtual machine adds a bit to the envelope. Also the machine was to be able to rip and re encode Bluray titles along the way. Getting a processor that is clocked …