Media Center setup
koder
iscreamkid at gmail.com
Sun Dec 28 23:57:24 MST 2014
OK, so XBMC/Kodi is the software that processes the video.
To get off the air programs you need a TV Tuner to convert the digital
TV signal.
Has anyone had any experience with a TV Tuner under Linux?
Hauppauge seems to be mentioned, but Linux support is not specifically
mentioned, nor have I seen a price for one.
Harold
On 12/28/2014 10:51 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> I'd install XBMC as that gives you (almost) every modern show that has
> been produced. hmmmmm.... local programming too if your local to
> pitsburg (or somewhere back east).
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 7:13 PM, koder <iscreamkid at gmail.com
> <mailto:iscreamkid at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I am a bit confused with the topic.
>
> The book Linux Toys gives a cookbook recipe for building a Linux
> based Digital Video Recorder. Is that what we are building here?
> The book was written before the analog to digital conversion.
>
> I know a couple of members in the group have been working on this
> project.
>
> The question I have been wondering about is what would be the best
> digital card to use for off air digital gathering?
>
> Where in the system would the pi fit?
>
> A system I was using wourld only be running a few hours a day at
> the most, to record a couple of shows and then display them on the
> set.
> Am I missing something?
>
> Harold
>
>
> On 12/28/2014 06:05 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:
>
> I would heavily recommend that you don't use a regular
> computer to just stream video. Instead I would get a low
> power ARM based single board computer. The reason being that
> the full computer will quickly, within a couple of months, use
> so much power that you could have have purchased the SBC and
> powered it for years with the same amount of power/money. It
> will literally cost hundreds to run a computer 24/7 just to
> steam video.
> Once you have that, there are a number of programs that will
> fill your needs, the most popular is XBMC, which has custom
> images for SBCs such as the Raspberry PI and I believe they
> also work on the BananaPI which is much more powerful,
> processor wise, and not that much more expensive.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 12/28/2014 02:08 PM, Stephen M wrote:
>
> Stephen, the only thing I plan on doing with this computer
> is streaming
> videos over a local LAN and display them on a smartTV. So
> would I need
> it if I wouldn't be using the computer itself?
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Stephen Partington
> <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>
> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> If you can getting a cheap graphics card can give you
> an extended
> life on the Pentium dual core, just make sure it
> supports decoding
> functions. something like the nvidia 720 or AMD R5 or
> R7 low end gpu's.
>
> Read up on drivers based on the multimedia application
> or solution
> you will be using.
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Stephen M
> <smelheim85 at gmail.com <mailto:smelheim85 at gmail.com>
> <mailto:smelheim85 at gmail.com
> <mailto:smelheim85 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> I know this as been asked a few times, and I
> should keep all the
> convos but there are so many. I am trying to find
> a good
> solution to start a media center. So I need to
> know best
> hardware and software. Of course I am using a Nix
> system and
> looking for anything inexpensive.
>
> Although right now I have access to a Compact
> SR5000, max 2Gb
> RAM. It has a pentium dual core system. It has
> Vista so I need
> to get some ideas. The hard drive is around 500Gb
> but my father
> might give me a 1.5Gb.
>
> So this will take a long time for me to get done
> because of my
> situation.
>
> Thanks all
>
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