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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012, at 02:51 PM, Robert Dege wrote:</div>
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Well, I got MythRokuPlayer installed on my roku2 device. While the installation was fairly straightforward, I am now experiencing SQL errors when I try to load mythtv_tv_test.php. Yay ... more fun researching a solution =)<br />
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Unfortunately, my backend is too old (Athlon64 3200+), so transcoding on the fly is not possible for me at this time. I also discovered that the FIOS channels I record through my HDHomerum Prime are encoded in MPEG-2. I was originally hoping that I could watch my recorded shows from the roku without having to transcode the shows. Since the roku2 only supports MPEG-4, that is now a pipe dream.<br />
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A slightly different question; are there any media devices out there that can interact with the mythbackend and allow me to watch my HD shows on an SD TV without any transcoding involved?<br />
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-Rob<br />
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Don't give up! My backend is an Athlon64 2800+ - I record shows and transcode them often - I just don't do it during primetime (4pm-11pm) so I won't bog down the machine. Using the iphone preset on handbrake and the script, transcoding takes place at around 15fps, and looks pretty comparable on an SD tv. Some shows I hard cut the commercials with a modified script - this not only makes in convenient but it also makes the shows shorter, hence quicker to transcode. You have to wait a day to watch the shows, but that isn't a big deal... I usually have three to four shows daily that are appear on my roku setup. If you follow the instructions, you can have these as a user job and it is pretty plug and play.</div>
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As or the SQL errors on the test file, one thing in my distro was that the time zone was not set in the php.ini which caused errors. Skip-Networking was also set on my.cnf (which makes external sql queries fail). Also, I didn't have the settings right on the mythroku config file, as well. Once I got all that squared away, I was rocking and rolling.</div>
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Transcoding really isn't that bad, since I do it - also it is nice to delete from the roku, and think of all that space you will be saving - the computer is sitting doing nothing anyway, why not make it work!? Just make sure you only allow one job to occur at a time.</div>
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Having said that - yeah, there are streamers that can access that content like the WD Live and the Patriot box - they can view any mpeg2 file - you just won't get real names and stuff in a screen; this is where the mythlink comes into play.</div>
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However, I think if you keep at it, you might be pleasantly surprised with the roku/mythroku setup...</div>
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