[mythtv-users] Replacemnt for HDPVR

[Richard Brandolino]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote:

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> 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:
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> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 3:57 PM David Engel <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?
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> John
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> John
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Gerald
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If you're OK with only 2-channel audio you might look at this:

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/IPTV_Encoders_as_a_Capture_Device
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