<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:01 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@corwyn.net">mythtv@corwyn.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
If all you want is a simple front end, buy a Haupptpage MediaMVP.<br>
Wireless, comes with remote, ~$50 wired, $80 wireless. I'm running<br>
two and love them.<br>
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At 12:53 AM 9/3/2008, Bobby Gill wrote:<br>
>Few questions about running multiple frontends and wired/wireless.<br>
><br>
>I currently run my backend off a server in the basement and my<br>
>frontend is my computer LCD monitor in a room upstairs, all works<br>
>fine. Now if I have an actual TV in another room upstairs, how<br>
>exactly would I turn it into a frontend? My limited knowledge has me<br>
>guessing an S-Video connection to the backend in the basement? But<br>
>that doesn't sound right (do they even make s-video cables that<br>
>would be long enough?). How exactly is this done? And I'm talking<br>
>analog cable TV, and a regular ol' TV no bigger than 30".<br>
><br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">>Also, if I wanted to get the frontend going on a laptop upstairs,<br>
>what's the experience with wireless? Of course ours would be a<br>
>private home network with the laptop being the only wireless<br>
>connection. Surely wired is preferrable but is wireless sufficient<br>
>to allow for relatively smooth frontend playback (in terms of<br>
>network speed/access)??<br>
><br>
</div>>Thanks a lot,<br>
>Bob</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Am I correct that the MVP will not play a recording that came from a ATSC source? I get 6GB per hour which I think is 13Mb/s and the MVP is specked to 8Mbps. So, one would need to transcode it but personally, my files don't get smaller when I transcode. I probably don't have the right settings but can't find a reference to the right settings so have not spent the time experimenting.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>