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

[Jim Abernathy]

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.
>

another thought after I researched Shield.  It seems to support MPEG2 so 
that must be why it can handle Kodi/mythtv and LiveTV on mythtv.

Jim A

> Just a thought if the hardware hasn't been purchased.
> -Mark
>
> 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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