[mythtv-users] Some Quick Questions about MythTV

[David Watkins]

On 25/10/05, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 16:25, Steve Adeff wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 October 2005 15:42, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 15:18, Joshua Lewis wrote:
> > > > I am seriously considering the MythTV as an alternative to having 5
> > > > satellite receivers and DVD players and computers and stuff in my house.
> > > > I want desperately to consolidate my house.
> > >
> > > Have read that many people utilize X-Box systems as frontend systems.
> > > These connect to the backend system to pull recordings.  Not sure if
> > > there are any limitations on such an X-Box frontend.
> > >
> > > I've been looking at putting together a diskless frontend system using
> > > small form factor motherboard but have not spent enough time to pick out
> > > the right mother board yet.
> >
> > the Xbox can not handle raw HD MPEG-TS streams. But for standard definition TV
> > I've found it to be perfect. It is also able to handle what are termed
> > "hr.hdtv" XviD encodes. Which is a 1/2 res full AC3 audio encode of HDTV
> > shows. They're popular in "the scene" and a great way to archive HDTV shows
> > in a small file size with near equal quality.
> >
> > as for other options, there is a device called Roku, which can handle HDTV
> > MPEG2 streams and standard def. TV. The MythTV build for it is still in
> > inafancy though, but it promises to be a great, cheap frontend ($300).
> >
>
> Been sorting through the options available using one of the EPIA
> boards.  Trying to find one that has s-video output and mpeg2 decoding
> that can handle shows recorded using PVR cards.
>
>
> >
> > I'm also going to add that there are some recent posts concerning LVM's and
> > RAID that you'll want to search gossamer for. You look to be building a
> > rather large file server into your backend, and at this point these are your
> > best bets. I'm trying to see if the dev's will entertain the idea of having
> > more than one recordings directory that would allow for all this to be much
> > easier.
>
> My main backend system had four 300GB drives with one LVM group setup as
> a 1TB file system which I use for recordings.  At this point I did not
> bother with raid.  If a drive fails I lose the recordings.

Yes, and I've always assumed the whole group would be lost, or is
there a way to recover files from the disks that haven't failed?