[mythtv-users] HTPC network for my home

[Dave McPherson]

Thanks for your advice, I think those Mini-ITX boards look like they
would make a great front end.  Many can run fanless and at less than
7" square they don't take up much real estate.

Worth considering at least!

Thanks again  

Dave


On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:40:13 -0500, PAUL WILLIAMSON
<pwilliamson at mandtbank.com> wrote:
> >>> "Dave McPherson" <davemcphe at gmail.com> 03/25/05 11:38 AM >>>
> > A few weeks ago a saw a blog from someone who had setup a
> > home Multimedia Network using Mythtv and Haugpage MediaMVP
> > units to record and distribute media throughout his house.
> > Unfortunatly I can't find that site again.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea where the blog is?
> >
> > Also I am wondering what I need as far as video cards for my
> > server?
> >
> > Please give any suggestions you have.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Davemcp
> 
> Dave,
> 
> I have a combination of which you speak.  The mvp's are great
> for playing recorded material or other mpeg2s.  You can also
> listen to music (rudimentary support) and view pictures (no
> slideshow support yet).  You can view what is scheduled to
> be recorded.  That's about all.  I'm sure once the protocol
> shuffling slows down, there will be some way to access the
> commercial cutlists, but for now the mvp has no way of telling
> when to skip commercials.  You can easily skip through them,
> but that is not nearly as nice as just having a regular frontend
> skip over them.
> 
> If given a location where all I wanted to do was play content
> recorded by myth (not even transcoded to mpeg4) or the
> other stuff I mentioned, this is a great option.  Once you get
> into wanting playlists, slideshows, avi/vob playback (with ac3 audio),
> 
> you're out of luck.  Might as well get a mini-itx or something.
> 
> Other than that, you'll need the usual suspects for recording -
> the Hauppauge line of cards or the other encoding or frame
> grapping hardware in the backend.  Think of the mvp as
> a totally quiet frontend that plays back and can nfsmount
> nfs shares.
> 
> Paul
> 
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