[mythtv-users] What's a good mini front-end-only box?

[Todd Pearsall]

I have only tried it on a very limited basis and the audio was way out of
sync instantly and haven't gotten back to debug it further.  I did rip the
5.1 sound track in Myth, but not sure if I marked the AC3 box at the time.
I don't know how what formats are decoded and where, but my laptop plays
DVDs (myth and Windows) just fine so I assume the player is decoding for me
or something similar.

Sorry I can't provide a more knowledgeable answer, but how the audio streams
are handled is beyond me.

- Todd



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mudit Wahal" <mwahal at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] What's a good mini front-end-only box?


Todd,

How are you watching DVDs ? MVP doesn't have a dolby digital 5.1
decoder. Almost all dvds are encoded in 5.1. So are you
re-encoding/downmixing the sound to 2 channel stereo ? Or you dvds
have 2 channel stereo option.

When I tried to play some VOB files (renamed to mpg), I was able to
watch DVD but no sound came. I also recorded programs from my HD3000
card. I had to downres to 720x480 and to 2 channel stereo using vlc in
order to watch them via media mvp.

Thanks

Mudit

On 7/14/05, Todd Pearsall <mythtv at pearsall.us> wrote:
> It's a great light weight front end.  Google Myth MediaMVP for the site.
> It
> loads a myth image via tftp from the myth server.  From there you can
> watch
> recorded TV shows via the myth protocol or video via an NFS mount (scripts
> exist to make a friendlier name).
>
> I have audio sync issues with ripped DVDs, but TV playback works well.
> You
> can watch and delete recordings, but you cannot currently schedule using
> the
> MediaMVP box.  It can only play MPEG1/MPEG2 video, no dice on MPEG4 so you
> can't transcode the shows.
>
> - Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reith" <reith at racores.com>
> To: "Jeff volckaert" <jvolckaert at gmail.com>; "Discussion about mythtv"
> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>; "Discussion about mythtv"
> <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] What's a good mini front-end-only box?
>
>
> > At 08:28 AM 7/14/2005, Jeff volckaert wrote:
> >>The cheapest, smallest, and quietest frontend I can think of is the
> >>Hauppauge MediaMVP for $86.
> >>
> >>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116617
> >>
> >>Jeff
> >
> > Very impressive. What's required to make this a true frontend machine?
> > Seems to mention something about adding a 750mhz or better pentium...
> > memory? disk? What do I have to buy to get one of these sitting happily
> > next to my tv and talking to my Myth backend
> >
> > and the all important question, is it supported well currently?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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