[mythtv-users] Replacemnt for HDPVR

[Gerald Brandt]

On 2017-11-27 06:25 PM, Peter Bennett wrote:
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> On 11/27/2017 06:18 PM, John P Poet wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 3:57 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net 
>> <mailto:david at istwok.net>> wrote:
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>>     On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 04:33:01PM -0600, Gerald Brandt wrote:
>>     > I have two HDPVR's and two Motorola DCT-6200's. The HDPVRs seem
>>     to be
>>     > getting more and more finicky as the years pass. If I keep my
>>     6200s, is
>>     > there an alternate choice for the HDPVRs?
>>
>>     1. Check the power adapter and replace if needed.  The HD-PVR power
>>     adapters are notorious for failing and causing sporadic issues as
>>     they
>>     fail.
>>
>>     2. Add a fan.  Some units, particularly the earlier ones, could get
>>     too warm.
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>>     3. Wait for Johm Poet to chime in here on the status of his work with
>>     the HD-PVR2s
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>> Sigh.  I supposed I should go ahead and finish the code I mostly have 
>> working for the HD-PVR2. I kinda lost interest while waiting for 
>> Hauppauge to add surround sound support to their linux "driver".  I 
>> probably have a few weekends worth of work to get the current 
>> capabilities published.  I am unlikely to have time to work on it 
>> until after the holidays.
>>
>> Note, though, that this is unlikely to be something that can be 
>> /just/ included with MythTV, since the Hauppauge "driver" is full of 
>> copyright notices from the various chip manufacturers.   To get it 
>> working to the extent that I have, required patching the "driver" 
>> code, so I basically will have to make that patch available, and 
>> provide instructions telling people how to make it work.
>>
>> John
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>>
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> John
>
> How about supporting something like this instead of HDPVR2? This is a 
> USB HDMI capture device. There are several of them around. Some, like 
> the below item,  advertise Linux support and apparently work with 
> standard webcam drivers.
>
> http://a.co/aXQAUg5
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> I think it would need a recorder in MythTV to encode and store as a TS 
> file.
>
> Peter
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>

Is there anything out there that will do HDMI to ethernet with H264 
encoding? I found this, but I don't have the knowledge to answer my own 
question... 
https://www.amazon.com/J-Tech-Digital-Extender-Ethernet-Transmitter/dp/B01MDRYF9Y

Gerald

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