OT: open source/ hardware video recorder in NY Times

[Shawn Badger]

I am referring to the same box, but the version I have doesn't do the
standard def analog channels. Now that being said, I haven't played
with it for a couple months and there may be some firmware updates
that it needs to allow for analog reception. I will have to plug it
back in again and play some more.

On Jan 7, 2008 12:12 PM, Erich Newell <erich.newell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure which device Shawn was commenting on ("It doesn't do HD
> yet!!"), but I have an HDHomerun and I can tell you it records OTA
> ATSC HDTV very nicely! I absolutely love this device and cannot
> recommend it highly enough. I currently have 2 HD antennae
> (http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2253765)
> attached to it and record inordinate amounts of PBS along with Heroes,
> The Office and My Name is Earl in beautiful HD using MythTV (which is
> also kind enough to remove commercials for me). Granted, I did have to
> change some of the Myth settings so that it wouldn't try and compress
> the video. I have ~1TB dedicated to my PVR and am really more
> concerned about getting quality video to my 60" Sony Wega than saving
> disk space.
>
> The only downside (if there is one) is that recording 2 streams while
> pushing a 3rd uses approximately 60Mbit, which stresses my 100Mbit
> switched network to the max. I'm hoping to alleviate this by
> multi-homing these systems with 802.11a cards and using the
> multi-homing benefits of SCTP to overcome this, but I'm uncertain if
> MythTV is setup to work with this protocol properly or how hard it
> would be to do the conversion myself.
>
> As a result, I now have an extra pcHDTV I'd be happy to part with for
> a reasonable price. If anyone is interested, drop me a line.
>
> On a related, but slightly OT note: If you are looking to use *any*
> standard HD consumer equipment to view FTA HD satellite transmissions
> in the USA it will not work. The worldwide standard for HD
> transmission is H.264 mpeg4 via 8PSK. US network providers have again
> gone their own way in an effort to stymie piracy. They use Turbo-8PSK
> which, although defined within a subset of 8PSK, is not compatible
> with that equipment. Further, they use H.264 with PFF frames which is
> only handled properly by VLC in the latest trunk available via svn.
>
>
> Share and Enjoy.
>
> - Erich
>
>
>
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