[mythtv-users] Home media system

[Steve Daniels]

2008/9/6 peter nikolic <p.nikolic1 at btinternet.com>:
> Hi filks .
>
> I have been asked to look into a home media system for a friend of mine .
>
> What he is looking for is something like a server locked away in some cupboard
> just getting on with life  then  streaming content out to up to 7 different
> rooms about the house to include live TV to each room  (this would presumebly
> need a tv card for each stream) also to serve recorded video and play stored
> DVD's from some form of multi player
>
> Has this been done / attempted  if so any pointers would be welcome
>
>
> Pete .
>

Hi Pete,

You seem to be in the UK?

What video sources are you going to be using? DVB-T/S?

With 6 DVB-T cards you can theoretically record the UK's DVB-T
channels in there entirety. Though I believe MythTV still can't
transparently channel change between multiplexes on multiple cards.

Case: You have 6 cards, on each card you are recording a channel on
each of the multiplex's. Someone then starts to watch LiveTV and will
be restricted to only the channels on the mux that the tuner is tuned
into that they initially started watching LiveTV with. Unless they
flick through cards. With this in mind I'm currently building (case on
desk, hardware going in, software installation this weekend) a new
MythTV backend that will have 6 tuner cards streaming individual
channels from the multiplexes using VLC into the backend. This should
allow me to get around the current problem.
Note: I haven't followed MythTV that closely recently so I'm not 100%
sure if this is still an issue, or how soon the fix is coming. I'll
have to confirm this on Sat before I proceed.

Steve Daniels