[mythtv-users] OT(ish) - Roku as a Capture source?

[Blammo]

... wouldn't it be easier to make the PC act like a Roku? :)



On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass <
cass at casscoenterprises.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 16:34 -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass
> > <cass at casscoenterprises.com> wrote:
> > > if I make my own
> > > private channel, I can make it only ever return one listing (unless the
> > > Bruins can figure out to play 2 games at once), and so the IR blaster
> > > need only fire OK/Select/Enter to select my channel, and again to
> select
> > > the one broadcast that is shown.
> >
> > I don't know.  It sounds kludgey and fragile to me.  You could
> > probably get it to work if you put enough time into it, but if it were
> > me I'd likely just re-subscribe to cable/dish/whatever.  Maybe even
> > Aereo.
> >
> > If you do want to continue with this, I'd take a look at Remoku and
> > see what you could do starting with that.
> >
> > http://help.remoku.tv/
> >
> > It should be a lot easier than using an IR blaster.
> >
> > Eric
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> Eric, thanks for the heads up about remoku.  That will make things
> easier for sure.  This whole thing does sound kludgey, but I can put up
> with that if it means I can avoid cable or Dish.  We watch nothing that
> is provided by them, so there really is no point in paying for it.
>
> Derek
>
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