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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/15/2016 07:53 PM, George Mari
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On 9/10/16 9:46 AM, James Abernathy wrote:<br>
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I’m a longtime Mythtv and DirecTV user. I started using Mythtv
with HDHomeRun and HVR-2250 to offload my DirecTV 2 channel
recording limit by recording all OTA local channels on Mythtv
and using the DirecTV DVR for recording Satellite only channels.
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type="cite">With all that said, I’m now trying to figure out the
fewest interfaces on my TV so my wife and I can view everything.
She can work DirecTV, so I think she will be able to work Roku
and Kodi. But it sure would be nice to get it to just the Roku.
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One stumbling block I am aware of is that OTA recordings are
native MPEG2 format, while most set-top boxes such Roku, if they
support something like UPNP, natively support MP4 or H.264 or
whatever. <br>
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I noticed that there are Roku solutions that use a Windows PC to run
a transcode to h.264 and serve as a go between for the Mythtv and
Roku. I don't see why I can't setup an automatic job to transcode
and leave the files in place as a part of the database on the
backend. I would just need a Roku frontend that could talk to the
mythtv backend. I find that commercial detection is about 90%
effective and that last 10% can drive you crazy during playback, so
having the 30 second skip is about all I need.<br>
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I find all the transcode scripts that use Handbrake or ffmpeg are
broken in 0.28 and have reported the bug in mythtranscode, so I will
have to do this in 0.27. I could modify the script at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Transcode_Mpeg2_to_H264">https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Transcode_Mpeg2_to_H264</a><br>
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or <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1261">https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1261</a><br>
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but these scripts transcode lossless mpeg2 to mpeg2 to another
location and apply commercial detection prior to mpeg2 to mp4
transcoding with Handbrake/ffmpeg. mythtranscode with the -o option
is where the bug is.<br>
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Because I have a Logitech Harmony Smart Control I think I can setup
a one button control to switch between, my Kodi frontend computer
and the Koku. I have the Harmony completely controlling the Kodi.
If I can do the same with Roku, I could make this seamless for the
wife and avoid the transcode<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:57DB3481.5020407@mari1938.org" type="cite"> I
think you can meet at least this requirement by transcoding all
your MythTV records to MPEG4. <br>
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You would lose commercial detection / skipping, but maybe the
set-top box you "connect" to MythTV allows skip ahead by 30
seconds, so maybe not an issue.<br>
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