<div dir="ltr">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).<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 7:13 PM, koder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iscreamkid@gmail.com" target="_blank">iscreamkid@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am a bit confused with the topic.<br>
<br>
The book Linux Toys gives a cookbook recipe for building a Linux based Digital Video Recorder. Is that what we are building here?<br>
The book was written before the analog to digital conversion.<br>
<br>
I know a couple of members in the group have been working on this project.<br>
<br>
The question I have been wondering about is what would be the best digital card to use for off air digital gathering?<br>
<br>
Where in the system would the pi fit?<br>
<br>
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.<br>
Am I missing something?<br>
<br>
Harold<div><div><br>
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On 12/28/2014 06:05 PM, Brian Cluff wrote:<br>
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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.<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Brian Cluff<br>
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On 12/28/2014 02:08 PM, Stephen M wrote:<br>
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Stephen, the only thing I plan on doing with this computer is streaming<br>
videos over a local LAN and display them on a smartTV. So would I need<br>
it if I wouldn't be using the computer itself?<br>
<br>
On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Stephen Partington<br>
<<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" target="_blank">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
If you can getting a cheap graphics card can give you an extended<br>
life on the Pentium dual core, just make sure it supports decoding<br>
functions. something like the nvidia 720 or AMD R5 or R7 low end gpu's.<br>
<br>
Read up on drivers based on the multimedia application or solution<br>
you will be using.<br>
<br>
On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Stephen M <<a href="mailto:smelheim85@gmail.com" target="_blank">smelheim85@gmail.com</a><br>
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Hey All,<br>
<br>
I know this as been asked a few times, and I should keep all the<br>
convos but there are so many. I am trying to find a good<br>
solution to start a media center. So I need to know best<br>
hardware and software. Of course I am using a Nix system and<br>
looking for anything inexpensive.<br>
<br>
Although right now I have access to a Compact SR5000, max 2Gb<br>
RAM. It has a pentium dual core system. It has Vista so I need<br>
to get some ideas. The hard drive is around 500Gb but my father<br>
might give me a 1.5Gb.<br>
<br>
So this will take a long time for me to get done because of my<br>
situation.<br>
<br>
Thanks all<br>
<br>
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