[mythtv-users] Switching away from comcast to online streams

[Andre Ross]

First off I want to say I used cable with Mythtv and would still be using cable if they let you use your own devices. 

In in the 90's I built my first mythtv setup I think version 0.15 I was able to setup what my kids watched and they loved it and no more lost DVD with jelly on them put into the DVD player by your five year old. Before that I had laser discs they took a special player because they were HUGE pre DVD's.

For some reason cable does not want you to watch your tv shows at home on your own device and I moved to a area without cable and later when I could get cable it was not worth the trouble.

I would switch back to cable in a flash if they unlock the stations, as I just want to watch what I want when I want using devices that I own.

My setup

Netflix
huluplus 
crackle

(some of these I don't use but I feel better paying for content even if I get it from another source)


For server

Linux OS 

hdhomerun prime with cable card (moved to a area without cable)
homerun dual (antenna input) (for local shows also football and news programs) 

Software for backend
Mythtv 
PLEX server (this will allow you to stream your shows when you travel)
sabnzbd      (this is a app to help auto download internet content)
sickbeard    (this app will auto find tv shows and pass it to the sabnzbd app for processing) 
NzbDrone    (optional and harder to set up but takes the place of sickbeard)

Also you need 2 internet service paid services are best
nzb search service (these are becoming harder to find but worth it)
News Server (a good one I like ones in eu)


nice to have a paid vpn service
 

Frontend
qty 2 - ZOTAC HD PC

qty 3 - Roku
plex apps on my phone, tablet & roku

Plex will allow you to stream you tv and video shows when you travel and around the house but mythtv frontend and gives better video controls.


Also when I travel I take my roku with me almost all hotel rooms tv's have a video input and you can catch up on your shows. 






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 From: jedi <jedi at mishnet.org>
To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org> 
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Switching away from comcast to online streams
 

On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:18:07AM -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Cable:
> >> - comedy channel: daily show, south park
> >> - History HD (Some documentaries, Top Gear USA)
> >> - Discovery HD (mythbusters, some science related shows)
> >
> > Well, the bad news is Discovery has found reality TV, and
> > put any science shows (including
 Mythbusters) in the TV
> > waste lands.
> 
> And the History channel is better?
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDHcbiOfKY

    The streaming services offer those kinds of shows too. Some of them 
are even offered "for free" with a Prime or Netflix subscription. 
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