Media Center setup

[Michael Havens]

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> 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>> 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>> 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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