[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime - Preorders official on newegg

[Matt Emmott]

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> wrote:
> >> On 5/15/2011 19:27, Steven Adeff wrote:
> >>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Ronald Frazier<ron at ronfrazier.net>
>  wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>  wrote:
> >>>>>    But if you're not going to use a cablecard, it would be far
> cheaper
> >>>>> just get multiple of the two tuner units.  There's no real point
> running
> >>>>> it in basic mode.
> >>>> Sure there is, but mostly it's the same advantage that would persuade
> >>>> one to get the 6 tuner instead of two 3-tuners: you prefer the
> >>>> integrated form factor and reduced wiring. Not worth it to me, but for
> >>>> some people I guess it is.
> >>> I thought the 6 tuner model would be able to use all 6 tuners with one
> >>> cablecard?
> >>
> >> No.  The 6-tuner model is nothing more than the circuit boards strapped
> >> into a single case, with a shared power supply.
> >>
> >>> still, when will MythTV support it? will it work with the current HDHR
> option?
> >>
> >> MythTV will see it as three independent tuners, on each of two devices
> >> on two separate IPs.
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> >
> > The six-tuner model was always advertised to use two CCs.  Think of it
> > as 2x three-tuners because it literally is 2x three-tuners in one
> > enclosure as I mentioned earlier.
> >
> > It is already supported in MythTV as of .24.
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Prime
>
> ahhh, awesome. pre-ordered it then!
>
>
>
So, what codec / wrapper / etc will the recorded shows be in? I assume they
won't be H.264? Will they be the same as my current HDHR recordings from QAM
- What is that, MPEG-2? If so, that will be nice since my iMac FE can't
handle H.264 but it does ok with my HDHR recordings.
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