Ive been running Myth now for like 3 years or so, maybe touch longer. But no HD yet, from what Ive seen James is right with the HDHomerun.
One thing to remember with LinuxMCE, it really wants to be the one and only machine. It likes to be your router, your dvr, your samba, your home automation....everything. That is what kept me off of using it here at home. Take that with a grain of salt. On that... You can do a lot with myth. Ive been running Knoppmyth almost the whole time and cant complain. Use it for DVR single tuner setup no HD. I also use podget to get my podcasts both video and audio. Mount with samba my shared file server with all my media on it. It index's that and can easily play that in the video section of myth, same goes for the video podcasts. Use samba on the mythbox to share out its media to an xbmc hacked 1st gen xbox. Before you totaly dismiss a myth distro...might play with it some. Knoppmyth for me was a 20min install and i was up and recording tv shows....seriously. This was like 1-2 years ago when i last reinstalled it. It upconverts dvd's pretty nicely when i do watch them. Use a pvr-150 with remote, so it is nice to sit back with. Only thing i wish it had, a decent browser so i could get to some of the streaming media sites. im about to trash this setup and go all mac here and use a mac mini with boxee or xbmc straight, cause i just dont have a want or need to record media anymore, with 90% of everything online streaming now. But thats my input of having a linux media center in my house now for like 4 years. -Kevin On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:05 PM, James Sizemore <[email protected]> wrote: > > For MythTV go with the HDhomerun http://www.9thtee.com/hdhomerun.htm > You will thank yourself later for not having to fight the endless > kernel modual battle! This is far and way the best option for > mythTV. For the front-end and back-end I use a single Mac Mini. > Nice small and most important silent! I have a external firewire > drive for media storage. My setup has worked great for years. And the > Mini remote in my opinion is the perfect minimalist remote. The mini > also has digital sound out for booooming 5.1. > > > > > > On Dec 30, 2008, at 10:22 PM, Brian wrote: > >> >> I've been wanting to make a home media system for years now and I >> think I can make a pretty good one with LinuxMCE according to the >> research I've done. I was going to use Mythbuntu, then I looked into >> just MythTV only, KnopMyth, but I think LinuxMCE is a good mixture of >> 'all of the above'. >> >> I have some questions though that I thought some of you might be able >> to answer from experience...(and by the way.. I realize that this is >> going to take some money to set up realistically if you want it done >> right..so don't be afraid to throw me some suggestions that might cost >> a bit more than one would expect) >> >> Backend (core) questions >> 1.) Can you capture hi-def if you have any hi-def cable/satellite >> channels? >> a.) I've been researching popular hardware setups on: >> >> http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/tiki-pvrhwdb.php?offset=0&sort_mode=rating_desc >> b.) It seems like most Linux folk like Hauppauge PVR-150, or 250, >> but can they do hi-def? >> 2.) Can you rip blue ray discs with Linux? Not that important, but >> curious >> >> Frontend stations >> 1.) What would you suggest as a good 'front end' thin client or pc >> for: >> a.) living room with flat screen and surround sound capability >> b.) home theater room with flat screen and surround sound >> capability >> c.) kitchen with small flat screen monitor with built-in speakers >> d.) bedrooms with flat screen tvs with built-in speakers >> 2.) I've been researching thin clients and the like. I just want >> something small and quiet >> 3.) How exactly does the audio and video get to the thin clients? >> Does all the information go over cat5 ethernet or wi-fi to the thin >> client and then out the a/v outputs into the tv/receiver? >> Ideally it would be nice if there was just a thin client that would >> allow me to boot from network and load the LinuxMCE frontend over the >> network. >> I've also seen where you can run linux on a ps3 now which may give you >> blue ray ripping ability and make a nice 'thin client'..I'm not sure. >> >> Thanks for any help on this subject. :-) >> Brian >> > > > > > > -- Kevin "You can't turn a pig into a thoroughbred, but if you spend enough time and money, you sure can make a mighty fast pig" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
