[mythtv-users] Setup advice

[Joshua Lewis]

I would like to say unlikey. But I know for a fact at least three at a time.
So that leaves room for a show or two to record and everyone watching TV.
But I do hear what you are saying.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Ribe [mailto:chrisribe at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:19 PM
To: jmlewis at dslextreme.com; Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Setup advice


One more thing: 

Even though you have 5 TVs, make sure you really need 5 tuners.  How often
are all 5 TV's in use at the same time?  Now, consider that each of those 5
TV's will have access to a huge library of previously recorded shows  and
DVDs. Now, how likely is it that you will ever need 5 tuners simultaneously?



On 11/2/05, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote: 

MPEG4 will never work with something like the MediaMVP.  It has a chip
dedicated to video decoding that doesn't understand MPEG4 and never will. 



On 11/2/05, Chris Ribe < chrisribe at gmail.com <mailto:chrisribe at gmail.com> >
wrote: 

An admittedly ugly/noisy solution, but and whitebox/dell/gateway pc
ca.1998-2000 w/ a 17" CRT will make a decent frontend.  

17" CRTs can be had for free, and they work as HDTV monitors! 





On 11/2/05, Joshua Lewis <jmlewis at dslextreme.com
<mailto:jmlewis at dslextreme.com> > wrote: 

So do I make MPEG4 work?

Do I wait untill they release a new version or do you think they will
enable that with some kind of update?

Does anyone else have a setup model like mine? Do you use some cheap PC or 
something? I am looking for super cheap thinclient front ends I am dumping
all the money into the back end.

So any recomendations on front end hardware is welcome. There is a new
AOPEN MiniPC (Wannabe Apple MACMini) that looks like it would work but I 
am not familiar with linux hardware to say one way or another.


Thank you,
Joshua Lewis



Peter Darley
> Michael,
>       That's great, I probably just missed it.  How do you do it? 
> Thanks,
> Peter Darley
>
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>
> Peter Darley wrote: 
>
>>
>>     Third, the MVPs can't delete shows, so the users will have to  pay
>> atention to what they watch and then delete it through mythweb or
>> something.  This probably doesn't pass your ease of use test.  I 
>> doubt that my wife would be willing to do that, for example.
>
>
> I can delete shows just fine from my mvp.  I have only had it for a few
> months but it has always worked.
>
> Michael
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