[mythtv-users] Completely cable/satellite cutting???

Sat Sep 17 11:26:21 UTC 2016

On 09/16/2016 03:50 PM, Mark Boyum wrote:
> You may want to check out the Nvidia Shield AndroidTV iff you haven't 
> already purchased the Roku.  I received one for Christmas last year 
> and my family loves it.  Kodi or SPMC run well and play all of our 
> MythTV recordings from HDHR tuners.  As an unexpected bonus we are 
> able to watch Live TV via Kodi and MythtTV.  We're not a sports family 
> so I'm not sure what streaming options are available for that but we 
> found everything we used to stream via Roku 2XS is available on the 
> Shield Android TV.
>
> Plex server can also run on the Shield and will include DVR 
> functionality soon.  The HDHR DVR is expected to run on Shield as well 
> but I doubt either will hold a candle to MythTV.
>
> Just a thought if the hardware hasn't been purchased.
> -Mark
>
I have not made a purchase yet, so I'm studying the choices now. I can 
run most of the streaming services on a Linux PC with Google Chrome 
browser and a few plugins.  But that's not easy for the wife.  I've 
exited out of Kodi on my main TV's Kodibuntu PC and tested WatchESPN, 
Amazon Video, etc  in Chrome and they work fine. That's why I thought 
Kodi would be a good integration point.  But getting these services to 
run in Kodi has not worked out for some reason.

Since the Harmony Smart Control remote is so programmable, it may just 
be better to use Kodi for the frontend of Mythtv and Roku/Fire TV/ 
Shield AndroidTV for streaming and switch between them with a Favorites 
button on the remote.

Jim A

> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 6:28 AM Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com 
> <mailto:jfabernathy at outlook.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 09/15/2016 07:53 PM, George Mari wrote:
>>     On 9/10/16 9:46 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
>>>     I’m a longtime Mythtv and DirecTV user.  I started using Mythtv
>>>     with HDHomeRun and HVR-2250 to offload my DirecTV 2 channel
>>>     recording limit by recording all OTA local channels on Mythtv
>>>     and using the DirecTV DVR for recording Satellite only channels.
>>>
>>>     <snip>
>>>     With all that said, I’m now trying to figure out the fewest
>>>     interfaces on my TV so my wife and I can view everything.  She
>>>     can work DirecTV, so I think she will be able to work Roku and
>>>     Kodi.  But it sure would be nice to get it to just the Roku.
>>>
>>>     That means I need to setup/convert Mythtv to be compatible with
>>>     Roku.
>>>
>>     One stumbling block I am aware of is that OTA recordings are
>>     native MPEG2 format, while most set-top boxes such Roku, if they
>>     support something like UPNP, natively support MP4 or H.264 or
>>     whatever.
>>
>     I noticed that there are Roku solutions that use a Windows PC to
>     run a transcode to h.264 and serve as a go between for the Mythtv
>     and Roku.  I don't see why I can't setup an automatic job to
>     transcode and leave the files in place as a part of the database
>     on the backend.  I would just need a Roku frontend that could talk
>     to the mythtv backend.  I find that commercial detection is about
>     90% effective and that last 10% can drive you crazy during
>     playback, so having the 30 second skip is about all I need.
>
>     I find all the transcode scripts that use Handbrake or ffmpeg are
>     broken in 0.28 and have reported the bug in mythtranscode, so I
>     will have to do this in 0.27. I could modify the script at:
>     https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Transcode_Mpeg2_to_H264
>
>     or https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1261
>
>     but these scripts transcode lossless mpeg2 to mpeg2 to another
>     location and apply commercial detection prior to mpeg2 to mp4
>     transcoding with Handbrake/ffmpeg. mythtranscode with the -o
>     option is where the bug is.
>
>
>     Because I have a Logitech Harmony Smart Control I think I can
>     setup a one button control to switch between, my Kodi frontend
>     computer and the Koku.  I have the Harmony completely controlling
>     the Kodi. If I can do the same with Roku, I could make this
>     seamless for the wife and avoid the transcode
>
>>     I think you can meet at least this requirement by transcoding all
>>     your MythTV records to MPEG4.
>>
>>     You would lose commercial detection / skipping, but maybe the
>>     set-top box you "connect" to MythTV allows skip ahead by 30
>>     seconds, so maybe not an issue.
>>
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