[olug] Mythtv

[John Dickson]

Actually I would like a little more than that. I have put together a Myth box with 2 cards and I like what I have seen. What I look to do is more than two cards and well, even more than record. I didn't want to make a commercial effort in such a forum.

I would like to see something up and running for a month w/o the need to reboot. A box to record then transfer files to a local distro machine for video editing etc.

There are a few other mild twists. I need collaboration and I don't want to expose or dis OLUG.

John

"Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org> wrote ..
> On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, John Dickson wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:18:38 -0500
> > From: John Dickson <jman at neonramp.com>
> > Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: [olug] Mythtv
> > 
> > I want to put together a Mythtv type box that will record multiple channels
> connected to a network transferring files using Gigabit. Oh, and I would
> like to be reasonably sure that it could run realatively unattended and
> stable for a month. I am looking for some assistance.
> > 
> > Please contact meoffline at jmanjohn61 at hotmail.com
> > 
> > John
> 
> John,
> 
> The MythTV documentation is one of the best HOWTO documents out there.
> Read through the document a couple times to see how the system goes 
> together.  It should help you get an idea of what is involved.
> 
> Do you wish to record multiple channels concurrently?  You can probably
> get two or three PVR-250 cards on a motherboard with a good processor,
> but I'm not all too familar with the ivtv driver yet, so I'm not sure.
> A 
> quick search of the MythTV mailing list can help you yield an answer.
> You'll need a good chunk of disk space if recording with PVR-250 cards,
> I 
> think about 2 Gig per hour at DVD resolution (720x480) if I'm not 
> mistaken.
> 
> If you are pulling On Air(VHF/UHF) or Cable TV, multiple inputs will be
> okay.  If you are pulling in Digital cable or Digital Sattelite, you will
> need a converter box/receiver for each capture card installed and a means
> to control each converter/receiver independantly via lirc.
> 
> For network transfer, Are you referring to using a MythTV Frontend over
> Gigabit, or transferring the recording and viewing it somewhere else using
> MPlayer?  You can stream to a MythTV frontend rather well with switched
> 100 base-t.
> 
> Will you have Web access to the box?  You should be able to do scheduling
> with it.  
> 
> The backend box can run without X in a corner, silently recording.  
> A good UPS (APC 725 or 1000 class) will help maintain your uptime.
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
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