[olug] Setting up a MythTV backend system - what's the current recommended way to start?

[Ben Watson]

My myth network includes a primary backend with 4 tuners and a
secondary backend with an additional 4 tuners.  They're all standard
definition getting "naked" coax cable.  These backends dual as
frontends on 2 televisions in the house.  I've got a couple other low
power machines acting purely as frontends on other televisions.
However, now that RaspberryPi is in the manufacturing stage, I'm
thinking of investigating the possibility of using these as frontends
(only $25-$35 a piece and very low power).

Search the OLUG archives for HD stuff as I know this has been covered
in the past.  Some folks have figured out how to record HD OTA on
their Myth setups, others have figured out how to change the channel
on their COX set top boxes and record that output as well.
Personally, I just use Roku for HD stuff.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T
<jeffh at dundeemt.com> wrote:
> When we moved 2+ years ago, I tracked what we were watching and which
> channels.  Even though we had hundreds of stations, most viewing was 65 and
> below.  So, I don't have any boxes (Well I did get one for the football
> season, but it's going back after the super bowl.)  I just feed a naked
> cable direct to my mythbox.  We stick to HD content over the Roku's in the
> house from netflix, and amazon.  My plasma upscales very nicely so we are
> happy, ymmv.   I've also got a gen1 tivo in the bedroom.  It is going to go
> soon.
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:17 PM, dashrender at cox.net <dashrender at cox.net>wrote:
>
>> How are you handling HD content?  Don't you still need a cox box for that?
>>
>> Sent from my super cool 3D.
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org>
>> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>> Subject: [olug] Setting up a MythTV backend system - what's the current
>> recommended way to start?
>> Date: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 9:28 am
>>
>>
>> Yup, Mythbuntu is working well.  In the little bit of time I have
>> spent on it, it was able to quickly find my HDHomerun tuner and I was
>> recording some video.
>>
>> I just need to fix the NVidia output so the video output isn't
>> corrupted, but then I think it's ready to move up to the living room
>> and start kicking the Cox DVR out of it's spot.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 06:57, Ben Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > +1 for the Mythbuntu distro.  I've been using it for several years
>> > without issues.  Installation has only become easier over the years.
>> > It is pre-packaged, is very good at detecting compatible hardware, and
>> > "just works".  The problem with building PVR-like systems atop
>> > existing OSes (e.g. MythTV, Linux MCE), is that there are so many
>> > little configuration/build details and gotchas that it becomes an
>> > exercise in tedium.  That's why these pre-built distros are so nice.
>> > The same team also maintains Mythdora if you prefer a Fedora-based
>> > environment.
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Jeff Hinrichs <jeffh at delasco.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> give MythBuntu a go.  I repaved my myth back-end about 18months ago and
>> >> went from a "put it together form", to using a tooled distro.  There are
>> >> others but I'm using MythBuntu with great success.  If you are going to
>> >> share with fam and friends, this should make your life easier.
>> >>
>> >> -Jeff
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I've got an Ubuntu 11.10 system that I recently resurrected and
>> >>> upgraded.  I installed the MythTV package ("apt-get install mythtv"),
>> >>> and a quick scan seems to have confirmed it has found my HDHomeRun
>> >>> box, but when I try to view the Live TV screen, the front end crashes
>> >>> after a few seconds with "exit code 139".
>> >>>
>> >>> Not above thinking my install is hosed (IIRC, I did an upgrade vs
>> >>> fresh install), what distribution are people using, and what method do
>> >>> you suggest installing MythTV?
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm not opposed to building MythTV from source, but I'd like to
>> >>> document this process for friends and family who are also looking at
>> >>> cutting the cord, but don't have the patience and experience to build
>> >>> everything from scratch.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Dan
>> >>>
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