<div dir="ltr">I use MythTV daily and LOVE it. I have tried XMBC and didn't really like it, and even when I was on 0.25 the FE plugin never worked. I am not typically one for form over function.<div><br></div><div>My Setup:</div>
<div> Ubuntu box running Back End</div><div> Ubuntu box running Front End (had been Debian, read next)</div><div> Fedora box running Front End (had been tell I let 0.27 slip though on an update on the BE)</div><div><br></div>
<div>I use my phone as a remote. Works well no lag and all the buttons I could want. Only complaint is I have to SSH with port forward to my FE since I can't get it to listen on the nic instead of the loopback (although that may just be me)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I record shows and watch them. The scheduling setup is the best I have ever seen and it has never skipped a beat. I also have some videos, and DVDs I watch with it.</div><div><br></div><div>With this said what I would like to see:</div>
<div><br></div><div>While there are people that say the pi sucks all evidence I have seen on the MythTV site was from v1 of the pi. Nothing since v2 was released. The hardware Decoder license was probably a requirement due to the codec not the manufactures of the pi. A pi front end to watch recordings would be great.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If I am watching TV and that same Channel starts to record it would be nice if it didn't need an additional tuner. (not a problem, just pesky)</div><div><br></div><div>On Comcast the music channels lock up my FE</div>
<div><br></div><div>The only channel I can't get with Comcast that I would love is NASA TV. They have an online stream and I followed existing instructions to add the stream to my channel line up and it didn't work. This is something I would love to see work, and be able to record since guide listings are available. (<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Setting_up_HTTP_Live_Streaming_Recorder">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Setting_up_HTTP_Live_Streaming_Recorder</a>) If I want to watch you tube I will go there in a web browse, after all I am on a computer. *now that I think about it don't believe I have tried since upgrading to 0.27*</div>
<div><br></div><div>(I really can't believe I am going to admit this) I have a single Windows 7 machine, and would enjoying being able to use the FE on it.</div><div><br></div><div>With that said I have used many open source projects and of them all this is one that I can say has never let me down on my core use of it. Recording TV and watching it later. I am for function over form. I don't need flashy from the UI to get to my content, I just want my content and I want it now. The developers have done a fantastic job of making the software and am glad to be able to make use of it. I am just now starting to get together the requirements to compile the source and hope to eventually be able to contribute back to such a wonderful piece of software.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Bryan</div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">-Bryan Anderson<br></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Thomas Mashos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas@mashos.com" target="_blank">thomas@mashos.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 6:00 PM, jedi <<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org">jedi@mishnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 05:40:19PM -0700, Thomas Mashos wrote:<br>
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:32 PM, jedi <<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org">jedi@mishnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:53:06AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:<br>
>> >> On May 9, 2014 11:08 PM, "Michael T. Dean" <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > On 05/08/2014 01:42 PM, Travis Tabbal wrote:<br>
>> >> >><br>
>> >> >> And I can bring another TV into the system for ~$50 (RPi, case, PSU, IR<br>
>> >> receiver).<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Wow, I remember when MythTV was considered a high-end, luxury DVR system.<br>
>> >> I guess now, you all want cheap (and, no, I don't mean "inexpensive").<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> one factor is that reasonable TV panels are so cheap. I often see people<br>
>> >> wanting to kit out houses with 5 or more TVs. They balk at that many $2-300<br>
>> >> PC's but at $50 pis seems cheap. And yes the costs may vary widely<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I find this a bit puzzling. 5 TVs is OK but a $200 set top box for each<br>
>> > of those TVs is a show stopper. I just don't get that.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > If you can avoid Smart TVs, a $300 HTPC already pays for itself.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > [deletia]<br>
>> > _______________________________________________<br>
>><br>
>> 5 TV's + RPI's $1675<br>
>><br>
>> 5 TV's + HTPC ($300) - $3000<br>
>><br>
>> If you can't see why one is way more attractive than the other then I<br>
>> can't help you.<br>
><br>
> No you can't because I see 5 TVs as excessive regardless.<br>
><br>
> It's like being too cheap to put the manufacturer recommended gas and<br>
> tires into a luxury sedan when you already blew plenty of money on the<br>
> car to begin with.<br>
><br>
> I can understand genuinely poor people. I grew up poor. I know what it's<br>
> like to genuinely not have the money to spare. However, people that have 5 TVs<br>
> and then whine about the cost of a set top box just baffle me.<br>
><br>
> Then again, I view not needing to "settle" as a key benefit of not being poor<br>
> anymore.<br>
><br>
> I also find your idea of what 5 TVs cost problematic.<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
<br>
</div></div>I figured someone would disagree with what I had put for the cost of<br>
the TV's, which is precisely why I looked to see what I could get a<br>
40" TV for right now. (it's $278). So I averaged $300 per TV since<br>
there will be some smaller and some larger, which is where I got the<br>
$1500 from.<br>
<br>
As for the 5 TV's, that isn't outside the realm of possibility. One in<br>
the master bedroom, one in another bedroom, one in the living room,<br>
one in the theater room, one in the kitchen. That's 5, and not even<br>
all of the rooms would think about putting them in.<br>
<br>
Then again, since you think 5 TV's is excessive then you probably<br>
think that people with that many TV's are fine with throwing money<br>
away on unnecessary hardware.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Thomas Mashos<br>
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