[mythtv-users] Advice please: school mythtv project

[Michael D. O'Brien]

> How about keeping it real simple.
>
> 1. Train a couple of students/teachers on how to record shows.
> 2. Teachers email a request for a recording and those individuals mentioned
> in step 1 initiate the recording.
> 3. The recorded show is then transcoded (smaller file for wifi streaming)
> and saved to a network share with a descriptive name by a job script.
> 4. Users open their V: drive (or whatever) and find the show they requested.
> 5. Additional request could be made for commercial removal and archive to
> DVD which could be done manually using mythfrontend by those you train.
>
> There are several reasons I suggest this route.
> 1. I can't imagine that there will be so many recordings that it would
> greatly inconvenience the couple of people you train to fire up mythweb and
> schedule a recording.
> 2. If there are conflicts (IE no tuners available) then no one will be
> deleting other teachers recordings (first come first served)
> 3. Little chance of needing to retrain because most will only use it once a
> year.
> 4. Upgrades/changes only require a short training session with those couple
> of people.
> 5. VERY simple setup, just a standard mythtv FE/BE load and Samba is all you
> really need.
> 6. Lets the teachers use familiar software (Windows Media Player for
> example) to playback their material.

My vote's for this. Removes the need for the vast majority of teachers
to learn something new :)