Of course if that is all you are going to use it for it may be better just to get a Slingbox.
From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Andy Cottrell Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:53 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR? You can change the channel via Orb but if you have a set-top box you will also need a USB IR Blaster that you can set near the box to transmit the signal. The Hauppauge and ATI cards have svideo connections with audio jacks but the type of audio jack depends on the card manufacturer. Some of the cards have an audio header to give you the option to connect rca audio jacks. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ferguson Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:42 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR? Ok, you guys now have me intrigued, but I have a different problem/project. My son, in Springfield, wants me to set up my desktop here is Centralia so he can watch the St. Louis stations (no offense Central Illinois) and has mentioned using Orb. I would like to know which tuner card would be the best to get and can connect it to our outside antenna, but would there be one that also accepts A/V or S-Video input from a satellite dish or cable box as well (I might set one receiver on a channel for him)? And can they remotely tune channels on the card, etc.? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Tim Tim Ferguson Director of Technology Centralia City Schools Centralia, Illinois 62801 618-532-1907, Ext. 1030 >>> Richard Mann <richard.m...@worf.us> 9/14/2010 2:13 PM >>> SageTV is pay-for, but the Linux version has some rough edges. It was once distributed as a full Linux version, but now it's just some .deb's or tarballs. You want to be completely working on MythTV if ever switching over to the Linux version SageTV. (The Windows version may be easy-peasy, though.) Also for any system, you want to have strong signal, like come into the house, go straight into an apartment-complex-type amplifier-splitter, and have a "home run" cable to each tuner in the house (eliminate regular splitters). Properly crimped cables (no screw-on type) will help you not lose the high-end channels. IMO SageTV has better integration with its TV guide. There's no fee for its TV guide service, so after a few years it's a wash. There's a $20/year subscription fee for the MythTV one if I recall correctly. I've got a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR 1600, it has two tuners, one analog, one digital. The analog tuner will let you pull in a VCR or whatever analog devices you have around. Usually you'd watch TV on the frontend's computer monitor. Rich / ICN-RTC7 Champaign On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:09 PM, William M. Bell <be...@sages.us> wrote: So, is it a dedicated DVR system? Do you keep it near your TV? How do you output the video to your TV? ---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- On 9/14/10 2:08 PM, "Tom Czachor" <tczac...@ctclc.edu> wrote: Media center let my other computer share from the computer with the tuner card, e.g. my son on his xbox360 can connect and watch tv on his xbox. It was also a less convoluted setup, everything built in/included. The others you had to setup and get tuner working, then configure your TV guide. Some were paid services, some were XML scrapers from other services, they went down because someone changed their layout and then the scrapers had to be rewritten. Too much like work to watch tv! It is an AMD Athlon 64, K8N Neo MB, 2GB ram (I think) and a Hauppauge PVR-150 tuner. Nothing fancy or new, I’ve been using it for a few years and it still worked, just upped the OS. All I have added is some additional codecs. Tom Czachor Instructor - Computer Systems Technology Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County 3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508 570-346-8471 http://cmt.ctclc.edu <http://cmt.ctclc.edu/> http://www.ctclc.edu <http://www.ctclc.edu/> EET, CompTIA A+ & i-Net+ certified From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of William M. Bell Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:49 PM To: Tech-Geeks Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR? What was your reasoning for switching to Windows 7 Media Center? What’s the specs of your system(s)? What TV Tuner cards are you using? ---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- On 9/14/10 1:48 PM, "Tom Czachor" <tczac...@ctclc.edu> wrote: I tried both and wound up using GBPVR http://www.gbpvr.com/ for while, then I just went to Windows 7 Media Center. Tom Czachor Instructor - Computer Systems Technology Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County 3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508 570-346-8471 http://cmt.ctclc.edu <http://cmt.ctclc.edu/> http://www.ctclc.edu <http://www.ctclc.edu/> EET, CompTIA A+ & i-Net+ certified From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of William M. Bell Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:29 PM To: Tech-Geeks Subject: [tech-geeks] Homemade DVR? Has anyone set up or experimented with MythTV or SageTV as a DVR? MythTV - http://www.mythtv.org/ SageTV - http://www.sagetv.com/ My wife has been bugging me about getting a DVR, and I just don’t want another monthly charge. =( ---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- ________________________________ | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | ________________________________ | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY The information in this email, including attachments, may be confidential and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed only by the individual or organization named as addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, consider yourself notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, use, or reliance on this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 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