[mythtv-users] MythTV+Mageia2+PowerViewTV card(s)

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Marc Paré <marc at marcpare.com> wrote:
> *** Oops, sorry, I forgot to sent this to the list! -- second try and sorry
> for the duplication of messages. ***
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> Hi Nick,
>
> Le 2012-10-01 16:16, Nick Rout a écrit :
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> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Marc Paré<marc at marcpare.com>  wrote:
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> Hi John, Nick et all,
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I have put together my specs again as I had not properly put the fact that I
> would need a PCI card, and, judging from the sites I have gone to, my
> choices are limited. I have also read up a lot more about the Rogers cable
> service (our cable service), and the Rogers analog service will stop for
> everyone by December 31st 2012 -- it will be phased out region by region. We
> are still receiving analog service for now but can switch to digital service
> anytime by calling Rogers. After December 31st, all analog users will no
> longer receive any service and will be forced to get digital.
>
> So, it looks like I should be building a PVR (or would it be a DVR?) for
> digital service.
>
> So here are my specs again with the answer to John's questions:
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> Location: Canada
> Signal: analog soon to be digital for everyone on the service by December
> 31st 2012
> TVCard: presently using PowerView Card with TVTime. MythTV does not
> recognize the card. It is an analog TVCard.
> MoBo: ASRock 775i65g -- 3 PCI slots (NO PCIe SLOTS AVAILABLE)[1]
> RAM: 2 gig (MoBo max)
> Hardrive: SATA 1Tb
>
> Computer OS: Mageia2 Linux (Linux kernel 3.3.8-2)
> MythTV version 0.25
> TVCard replacement: willing to spend up to $200Cdn
>
> One word: HDHomerun. does not need an internal slot, so your old MB
> doesn't matter.
>
> Not sure if a Prime helps you in Canada with Rogers, others will know.
>
>
> I like the idea of HDHomerun, sounds really neat! I was thinking of also
> just going OTA as my wife says that many of the programmes she watches are
> playable from the network sites. So if enough of her favourite channels are
> on there, then OTA would be a clear option. We would save approximately
> $500/yr. and it would pay for all of the hardware to make the DVR work.
>
> Re: HDHomerun, the description is a little unclear. It says that it turns
> any computer into a DVR, but I imagine that this is only with one tuner
> right? It would not be possible to record 2 programmes at the same time? >

The standard HDHR has two tuners. Each tuner can record as many shows
as are on the mux it is tuned to. - digital TV is broadcast with many
streams (channels) recorded on one carrier frequency. So for each
tuner, you may be able to record 3 or 4 channels at once, provided
your hard drive can keep up. Same with the other tuner.

>I
> was also looking at the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Tech Dual, does this allow 2
> channel simultaneous recording? The SiliconDust works with VLC, but does
> MythTV work with it?
>
> Another question I would have if anyone knows, what would be a good "attic
> antenna" to look at? We could also spend around $250Cdn on an antenna.
>
> All of these costs would be recovered if we went OTA instead of Cable within
> one year.
>
> The only real channel I would miss is the TSN sports channel, but I imagine
> that there is an online stream somewhere. Its just that there is a lot of
> Canadian content on that particular channel that I like.
>
> I know these are a lot of questions, and I thank all of you for the great
> help! It is much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
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