[mythtv-users] Access Mythtv from Roku

[Kris B.]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012, at 02:51 PM, Robert Dege wrote:

  Well, I got MythRokuPlayer installed on my roku2 device.
  While the installation was fairly straightforward, I am now
  experiencing SQL errors when I try to load
  mythtv_tv_test.php.  Yay ... more fun researching a solution
  =)
  Unfortunately, my backend is too old (Athlon64 3200+), so
  transcoding on the fly is not possible for me at this time.  I
  also discovered that the FIOS channels I record through my
  HDHomerum Prime are encoded in MPEG-2.  I was originally
  hoping that I could watch my recorded shows from the roku
  without having to transcode the shows.  Since the roku2 only
  supports MPEG-4, that is now a pipe dream.
  A slightly different question; are there any media devices out
  there that can interact with the mythbackend and allow me to
  watch my HD shows on an SD TV without any transcoding
  involved?
  -Rob



Don't give up!  My backend is an Athlon64 2800+ - I record shows
and transcode them often - I just don't do it during primetime
(4pm-11pm) so I won't bog down the machine.  Using the iphone
preset on handbrake and the script, transcoding takes place at
around 15fps, and looks pretty comparable on an SD tv.  Some
shows I hard cut the commercials with a modified script - this
not only makes in convenient but it also makes the shows shorter,
hence quicker to transcode.  You have to wait a day to watch the
shows, but that isn't a big deal...  I usually have three to four
shows daily that are appear on my roku setup.  If you follow the
instructions, you can have these as a user job and it is pretty
plug and play.

As or the SQL errors on the test file, one thing in my distro was
that the time zone was not set in the php.ini which caused
errors.  Skip-Networking was also set on my.cnf (which makes
external sql queries fail).  Also, I didn't have the settings
right on the mythroku config file, as well.   Once I got all that
squared away, I was rocking and rolling.

Transcoding really isn't that bad, since I do it - also it is
nice to delete from the roku, and think of all that space you
will be saving - the computer is sitting doing nothing anyway,
why not make it work!?  Just make sure you only allow one job to
occur at a time.

Having said that - yeah, there are streamers that can access that
content like the WD Live and the Patriot box - they can view any
mpeg2 file - you just won't get real names and stuff in a screen;
this is where the mythlink comes into play.

However, I think if you keep at it, you might be pleasantly
surprised with the roku/mythroku setup...

--
Kris B.
[1]krisbee at krisbee.com

References

1. mailto:krisbee at krisbee.com
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