[mythtv-users] Completely cable/satellite cutting???

[Mark Boyum]

You may want to check out the Nvidia Shield AndroidTV iff you haven't
already purchased the Roku.  I received one for Christmas last year and my
family loves it.  Kodi or SPMC run well and play all of our MythTV
recordings from HDHR tuners.  As an unexpected bonus we are able to watch
Live TV via Kodi and MythtTV.  We're not a sports family so I'm not sure
what streaming options are available for that but we found everything we
used to stream via Roku 2XS is available on the Shield Android TV.

Plex server can also run on the Shield and will include DVR functionality
soon.  The HDHR DVR is expected to run on Shield as well but I doubt either
will hold a candle to MythTV.

Just a thought if the hardware hasn't been purchased.
-Mark

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 6:28 AM Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On 09/15/2016 07:53 PM, George Mari wrote:
>
> On 9/10/16 9:46 AM, James Abernathy wrote:
>
> I’m a longtime Mythtv and DirecTV user.  I started using Mythtv with
> HDHomeRun and HVR-2250 to offload my DirecTV 2 channel recording limit by
> recording all OTA local channels on Mythtv and using the DirecTV DVR for
> recording Satellite only channels.
>
> <snip>
>
> With all that said, I’m now trying to figure out the fewest interfaces on
> my TV so my wife and I can view everything.  She can work DirecTV, so I
> think she will be able to work Roku and Kodi.  But it sure would be nice to
> get it to just the Roku.
>
> That means I need to setup/convert Mythtv to be compatible with Roku.
>
> One stumbling block I am aware of is that OTA recordings are native MPEG2
> format, while most set-top boxes such Roku, if they support something like
> UPNP, natively support MP4 or H.264 or whatever.
>
> I noticed that there are Roku solutions that use a Windows PC to run a
> transcode to h.264 and serve as a go between for the Mythtv and Roku.  I
> don't see why I can't setup an automatic job to transcode and leave the
> files in place as a part of the database on the backend.  I would just need
> a Roku frontend that could talk to the mythtv backend.  I find that
> commercial detection is about 90% effective and that last 10% can drive you
> crazy during playback, so having the 30 second skip is about all I need.
>
> I find all the transcode scripts that use Handbrake or ffmpeg are broken
> in 0.28 and have reported the bug in mythtranscode, so I will have to do
> this in 0.27. I could modify the script at:
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Transcode_Mpeg2_to_H264
>
> or https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1261
>
> but these scripts transcode lossless mpeg2 to mpeg2 to another location
> and apply commercial detection prior to mpeg2 to mp4 transcoding with
> Handbrake/ffmpeg.  mythtranscode with the -o option is where the bug is.
>
>
> Because I have a Logitech Harmony Smart Control I think I can setup a one
> button control to switch between, my Kodi frontend computer and the Koku.
> I have the Harmony completely controlling the Kodi. If I can do the same
> with Roku, I could make this seamless for the wife and avoid the transcode
>
> I think you can meet at least this requirement by transcoding all your
> MythTV records to MPEG4.
>
> You would lose commercial detection / skipping, but maybe the set-top box
> you "connect" to MythTV allows skip ahead by 30 seconds, so maybe not an
> issue.
>
>
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