Hi All, Background: started recording OTA stuff using HD3000 since last 1 month. Backend is Semprom 3000+, 512mb ddr, GeForce2 mx440 card. The playback is fine on the backend. But I was looking for something for the frontend.
Requirements: Small quiet footprint frontend to play HDTV which doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Primary requirement: Play ATSC (MPEG2-TS) stream. I'm not really hungup on running mythtv frontend. I'm using myth backend to record, remove commercials, archive movies/photos/dvd etc. I really dont care how I view them as long as I can view them and the system cost is cheap. The PC cost (cromwell, quiet case, etc) is about $600. I was not willing to spend more than $300. I was looking at Roku HD1000 for quite a few months. Then I found about IOData AVeL Link Player 2 and Buffalo Link Theater from avsforum. Both are network dvd players with capabilities to play ATSC stream (although buffalo admits they have hard time playing ATSC stream). AVeL is about 1 yr ahead of Buffalo and very good in bring out new firmware. So, I bought the Link Player 2 for about $260, hooked it up yesterday, installed the wizd linux server, configured it to point to the right directories for video etc ! And viola !! I was watching programs I've recorded in full 720p/1080i (Star Wars Episode II) !!! Sure, its not a replacement for frontend. I cant change the channels right now from the LP2. I'll work on righting some scripts. LP2 has a web browser builtin. So technically, I can write some scripts to change channel, etc. It'll be a round about and not as simple as using mythtv frontend. I can probably use an RF remote and make a link to the ringbuffer as a file. But I'm more interested in using mythtv as a media server and not necessarily as a LiveTV/Pause/FF/REW. So, I'm very happy considering the overall cost and features :-) Thanks Mudit _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
