[mythtv-users] Hdhomerun Prime sale at Newegg

[Matt Mossholder]

Amazon is now at $129 as well...

  --Matt

     --Matt


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
> >  Just curious...I see the HDHR4 hardware transcodes into H.264.
>
> As an option.  Doing so is (probably) targeted on improving their
> capability as a DLNA server, since many (newer, especially mobile)
> devices do not do MPEG2, and transcoding to H.264 will also
> improve bandwidth requirements (also likely for wireless, which
> will may also reduce your storage requirements for recording),
> and according to posts on their forum, are likely to support
> selecting differing resolutions depending on the target device(*).
> SiliconDust has not yet publicly documented the detailed
> capabilities, nor the programmatic API to control the device.
>
> For MythTV, at introduction, the most interesting thing about
> the HDHR4-CC will be 4 tuners (the 4 in the name is the
> generation, not the number of tuners, btw), and not some
> future transcoding abilities(***).  Of course, pricing is also not
> yet known, so that may influence the value proposition
> compared to the HDHR3-CC.
>
> Gary
>
> (*) Note that some providers are already transmitting in
> H.264(**).  I presume that the HDHR4 will transcode from
> H.264 to H.264 too, not just MPEG2 to H.264, to support
> lower capability/bandwidth requirements over DLNA.
>
> (**) And now that even the cheapest newer DTA style
> devices do H.264, it will be a way to move forward for
> some providers to offer more shopping channels (and,
> perhaps, higher quality for some channels).
>
> (***) Thinking out loud, and without really looking into the
> codes carefully, I would presume that MythTV will need
> to add the capability for recording profiles to send info
> to the HDHR4 to select, say, a low bitrate transcoded
> recording of "Talking Heads", and, say, a high bitrate
> transcoded recording of "Fast Moving Sports Action".
> But this will require some developer to be sufficiently
> motivated to add such capabilities.
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