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I built an HTPC with Mythbuntu over a year ago, but never got it working because I couldn't get my tuner working (Silicon Dust claimed it was low signal, and we had our full digital changeover in June when I was on vacation, but can't try it again since something happened to the power unit, and they are sending me a new one). I recently loaded Mythbuntu 9.04 on it and it looks good.
1. Assuming I ever get this thing fully working, I'd like to stream TV over my network to my main Ubuntu PC (4 core Q6600) in my bedroom office. Do I have to load Mybuntu front end on my Ubuntu PC to watch TV? Mythbuntu seems to take over the PC and I'm not sure I can get it to run like a regular application and task switch among other tasks (Open Office, programming, browsing, etc.).
2. Can CDs be played live without ripping? I only see options to play DVDs live. So I ripped a CD and played it (actually seemed like it was playing live rather than from hard disk as the CD/DVD player spun the whole time. However I can't get any sound out of my receiver. I connected the sound with a regular RCA cable between the SP/DIF output and my digital coax input on my receiver. I tried toggling between CD (digital and analog), DVD (digital and analog) and TV input sources on my receiver. Hmm, it's set up for 2 channel speakers - maybe I have to toggle the Dolby Digital setting - but I'm not sure what'll happen since I only have 2 speakers.
3. I've been considering buying a 5.1 HT speaker setup for my bedroom office. People (not in this forum) have suggested buying an HT receiver with HDMI. Do I need HDMI since I'll be using my Ubuntu (or Mythbuntu app) PC mainly for watching TV (and maybe an occasional DVD) and listening to CDs? Since my video sources will all be from the PC (via network for TV), I don't see any reason to send the video to the receiver. I'm thinking I could buy an older HT receiver without HDMI. My roughtly 10 year old receiver in the living room is only 5.1 DD, so I figured that would be sufficient for the setup there (the TV is DVI only so I use HDMI to DVI converter to get video from the HTPC to TV).
1. Assuming I ever get this thing fully working, I'd like to stream TV over my network to my main Ubuntu PC (4 core Q6600) in my bedroom office. Do I have to load Mybuntu front end on my Ubuntu PC to watch TV? Mythbuntu seems to take over the PC and I'm not sure I can get it to run like a regular application and task switch among other tasks (Open Office, programming, browsing, etc.).
2. Can CDs be played live without ripping? I only see options to play DVDs live. So I ripped a CD and played it (actually seemed like it was playing live rather than from hard disk as the CD/DVD player spun the whole time. However I can't get any sound out of my receiver. I connected the sound with a regular RCA cable between the SP/DIF output and my digital coax input on my receiver. I tried toggling between CD (digital and analog), DVD (digital and analog) and TV input sources on my receiver. Hmm, it's set up for 2 channel speakers - maybe I have to toggle the Dolby Digital setting - but I'm not sure what'll happen since I only have 2 speakers.
3. I've been considering buying a 5.1 HT speaker setup for my bedroom office. People (not in this forum) have suggested buying an HT receiver with HDMI. Do I need HDMI since I'll be using my Ubuntu (or Mythbuntu app) PC mainly for watching TV (and maybe an occasional DVD) and listening to CDs? Since my video sources will all be from the PC (via network for TV), I don't see any reason to send the video to the receiver. I'm thinking I could buy an older HT receiver without HDMI. My roughtly 10 year old receiver in the living room is only 5.1 DD, so I figured that would be sufficient for the setup there (the TV is DVI only so I use HDMI to DVI converter to get video from the HTPC to TV).