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 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 >>> > 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 >> > 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 >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Melheim >>> 602-400-7707 >>> SMelheim85@gmail.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you >>> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >>> button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Melheim >>> 602-400-7707 >>> SMelheim85@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >