<div dir="ltr">I haven't spec'd out a computer yet for mythtv. I was waiting for AMD to release some faster phenoms that are low-power (65 watt), but so far 1.8 GHz is it (was waiting for the 2 GHz phenom, 4 core, that was supposed to be released in August). Since another thread on the HD-PVR states that because the HD-PVR only does single-slice recording and won't put multiple cores to use, therefore requires a high MHz dual-core cpu instead of a lower MHz (and lower power cost) but more cores (4) cpu, I've decided to wait (for faster/low power cpus coming) rather than commit to ordering parts and building a mythtv computer I know I won't be happy with in 6 months.<br>
<br>In the meantime...if I can catch the HDHomerun on sale with free shipping again, will it be possible to "record" OTA programs by capturing the stream somehow? Will I also be able to "capture" sound as well? I'm thinking if I can dump the stream to a file by using a cron job to capture the streams when the programs I want to record are playing... is this possible? <br>
<br>Is a command line sufficient to capture a video/audio stream and also tune the HDHomerun to a certain channel for the capture? If not, can I pre-tune the HDHomerun to a certain channel, capture via a cron job, then manually change the channel on the HDHomerun through a command line or other manual method to record a different channel...<br>
<br>If possible, this would also allow others who are assembling parts for a mythtv computer to start capturing some programs while the computer is being assembled or while waiting for other parts to arrive. Or just to test while the mythtv computer is otherwise busy/unavailable.<br>
<br>Currently using Debian Etch (with <a href="http://backports.org">backports.org</a>, 2.6.24 or 2.6.25), will move to Lenny (with a backported up-to-date kernel) when it's stable, if it matters.<br><br>Thanks, <br><br>
D.<br></div>