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 > 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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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