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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/7/2013 2:51 PM, Kris Jensen wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Frank
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I have been experimenting with an InfiniTV PCI-e board with
NextPVR (using SageDCT and NextPVR's NetworkRecorder). I have
just set up XBMC (Frodo-RC2) on my new Ubuntu 12.10 box. I
would like to try out MythTV. Since my InfiniTV is in
semi-production mode I would like to keep the disruption to a
minimum by using some combination of MythTV's NetworkRecorder,
the Ceton Network Tuner or Bridging of the Ceton network
interface. It looks like this is possible to do, but it also
seems that MythTV has a reputation for being a bit difficult
to configure. I am no computer wimp, but I admit the fight can
all be a tad tiring after a while.<br>
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Is this a rational thing to do? Are there any suggestions or
guidance other than the wiki page for the InfiniTV (<a
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href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Ceton_InfiniTV_4"
target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Ceton_InfiniTV_4</a>)?
I'm planning on using the latest MythTV and praying that it
will integrate with XBMC (eventually, if not immediately).<br>
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Also, any general feedback on using the InfiniTV with MythTV
locally, or otherwise would be useful. My experience with
NextPVR is that it works fairly well as long as you don't
watch live TV or change channels (which generally works for
me). The (1080-i mpeg2) .ts files produced using my cable
operator tend to be noisy, preventing playback by VLC and
requiring processing with ts4np.exe and/or Project-X before
Avidemux or VLC will work with them.<br>
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Thanx<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Yes bridging works well. I have two
Ceton cards. One card set local only and one in bridged mode
that I
use with testing on WinOS DVR apps over the network. It took
me a
month or two of reading and trial and error before my MythTV
system
was stable enough to be called functional. And it has remained
this
way for the passed 10+ months. I had fun learning every step
of the
way. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">The only tips that I think that
would
help are:</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in">You NEED your signal strength a SNR
at
acceptable levels to avoid recording and live TV errors. All
thought
MythTV handles signal errors very well.</p>
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Yes, I originally had terrible S/N but the cable dudes added an
amplifier and it improved quite a bit. Still, since Noise was also
amplified, there may still be an issue there.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">When bridging the Ceton card you
need
to slow down and or rearrange the boot process a bit to allow
the
card to obtain an IP address before MythTVbackend starts. </p>
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I think you are implying that even if I assign a static IP to the
Ceton, that MytTV may be cranky about not having the card up and
ready when the back-end starts.<br>
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I expect, but don't look forward to another month of headaches. I
have already invested 1.5 months (including days off at Christmas)
in NextPVR, HandBrake, Avidemux, Ubuntu, XBMC, new hardware,
Project-X and ts4np. I suppose I should consider myself lucky, if my
wife doesn't kill me first. She is tired of the instability.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in">Hope that’s helpful. </p>
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