[mythtv-users] Myth w/Directv

Boyd II, Willy wboyd at fulbright.com
Tue Apr 13 11:56:05 EDT 2004


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>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Myth w/Directv
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>The only reason I can think of to 
>have capture cards AT the TV location when you have your 
>backend somewhere else is if you want to watch live TV and 
>don't want the three second lag induced by the ring buffer.

I currently have an all-in-one box (small apartment), and such a setup
does *not* kill the lag induced by the ring buffer.  If the lag is much
larger on split-setups, then I imagine I'll probably never use Myth's
live tv.
So yes, I agree there's little reason to have a capture card in the
frontend if you
have a working backend.  Just wanted to point out there will still be a
lag with
a standalone box.  That's why I have a splitter on my analog cable for
real live tv... I
use timeshifted live tv when I need to show off 'pausing' ;-)

>
>I'm about to add two more frontends, probably diskless pundits 
>or EPIA systems. I haven't decided which yet, as prices look 
>about the same. One of these two is in my bedroom, which has 
>NO cables run. So if I wanted capture up there, I'd have to 
>run Ethernet AND coax, and get a place to put the TV, 
>Computer, and a DirecTV box. Now I'll just run Ethernet, get 
>an ultra tiny computer which, being diskless and maybe 
>fanless, should be nearly silent.
>

I really want to build a small, *silent* frontend for the bedroom too.
Only reason I haven't yet, is my requirements include lots of
divx/mpeg/quicktime video, so I can't 
completely skimp on peformance, and I also can't depend solely on
hardware mpeg decode like on a pvr-350.  So I'm still researching
something I can run near silent, but also play fullscreen divx and my
~3000kbps pvr250/mpeg2 shows over network.

- Willy

>_______________
>Chris Thompson
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