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@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@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@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@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:smelheim85@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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