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If you are not familiar with Linux, this instructable may not be for you.

If you have a spare machine with a hard drive that can be erased, then more power to you.

There are many ways to to have Mythtv, but I chose Mythbuntu for hopefully be close to a turnkey install.

Over the air TV antenna.

What I am using) Digital tunercapture card or usb based unit.

Hauppage) Older cards are analog and will not work generally with the new media.

Loading the Modules This section is only for those whose modules dont load automatically andor correctly.

The Bttv Module Once your card is installed, you can load the bttv module if your kernel hasnt already done it for you.

If you get in trouble and need to remove the module, you can use rmmod.

It should be marked with the brand name and may support one or more of the three major broadcast standards in use in the world, whether NTSC, PAL or SECAM.

In general, chipsets manufactured for the US market are NTSC; for Europe, PAL, and Asia PAL or SECAM.

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Then, running an application which needs the driver will cause it to be loaded automatically with the appropriate options.

Go to System Administration Synaptic Package Manager and then type in mythtv.

Make sure you are connected to the internet to get the add-ons.

Make sure the choices for both the back end and the front end are checked.

Backend is the DVRserver part and the front end is the viewer part.

Some people will put the backend (tuner and or storage system) on one machine and the front end ( video viewing) on another or several machines.

You may want to add extra modules such as Mythweb (so you can use your touchpad or other computing device) so you can look up tv listings and or check the status of you mythtv box.

Under the Applications Sound video you should see the Mythtv front end option.

Under the System Administration you should see the back end option.

Now you want to start the backend option so that you can config your setup.

Most of the settings can be left as is, but you do want to tell Mythtv what kind of capture card you are using (brandname, detecting watchable channels, and etc, what your video source is, where you want to get your tv lists from, and etc.

Mythtv is usally pretty good about detecting the card if it is a brand name but, it does not always select the atsc option.

You will also want to set up the options for the remote controls.

I just use a wireless keyboard for controls.