[mythtv-users] Does MythTV support HD video and media libraries

Igor Chudov igor at chudov.com
Tue Dec 30 21:39:47 UTC 2008


On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 04:33:07PM -0500, jarpublic at gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Igor Chudov <igor at chudov.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 01:57:00PM -0700, Travis Tabbal wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Igor Chudov <igor at chudov.com> wrote:
> > > > > For HD input, you can do OTA easy enough with various devices.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, what is OTA?
> > >
> > > Over the Air. Antenna. The best HD available short of Blu-Ray. I use
> > > it with an HDHomeRun network based tuner.
> >
> > Sounds interesting. What sort of choice of channels do I get?
> > Any URLs?
> >
> > I have to confess that personally, I am not a TV person and do not
> > watch TV. Which may sound strange, coming from a guy asking questions
> > on this mailing list.
> >
> > But, I was hoping that I could set up something like that would
> > finally be convenient enough so that I would start watching TV. (like
> > recording shows etc). and that could be used by my family.
> >
> >
> If you don't watch much TV anyway, it sounds like the OTA channels may be a
> good starting point for you then. It is free and it has the highest quality
> HD TV you can get. Which OTA channels are available depends on where you
> live. Assuming you are in the US most places can receive all of the local
> broadcast stations (e.g. ABC, NBC, FOX, etc.). Check out
> http://tvfool.com/for information on what channels will be available
> where you live, and what
> kind of antenna you may need. Make sure you check the option to see if some
> of the channels move from UHF to VHF after the Feb transition, because they
> may effect what antenna is needed. Many people can get away with a very
> small cheap indoor antenna if you are close enough. The other benefit is
> that there are a lot of tuner cards available. This has come up on the list
> a lot recently so search the archives for info about what ATSC cards have
> been recommended. You can also check the wiki:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Category:HDTV_capture_cards.

Thanks. At this point it is a no brainer that I need to get an antenna
and OTA tuner card and start with that. I assume that some combination
thereof is supported by MythTV out-of-the-box, right?

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