[TriLUG] A Myth TV question, I think

[Neil L. Little]

You could also transcode them to a codec that produces smaller files (VLC).

73,
Neil, WA4AZL
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Brian Phelps wrote:
> HD or non HD?  See http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_HD-PVR
> Read the fine print, H.264 720p is huge and tough to play back, even
> for a decent machine.  Try downloading the test clip.
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> Non HD, there are cable capture-cards by hauppage.  I set one up once.
>  It was pretty easy.  I only used it for a week or so.  The places you
> get the tables from for programming can be a pain, maybe someone else
> could elaborate who has more experience with this.
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> No cable card, you gotta set up your MythTV to change the channel on
> the remote cable box via IR right?  I've never done that.  Sounds like
> a pain, but I don't know.
>
> The captured files are just movie files.  You could always copy them
> over using rsync etc.
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Peeps:
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>> I have cable at home and I'd like very much to record a lot of shows and
>> take those shows with me while on vacation, even for my (thankfully)
>> frequent weekend getaways.  What's the best way to do this?  Have two Myth
>> TV servers, one at each location and record to a big old honkin' 2 TB disk
>> pack?  I'd prefer not to take an entire computer with me if at all possible.
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>> How easy is this to set up and get running?  I suspect the home server would
>> connect to the cable system that we have with Time Warner.  At the beach
>> we're soon not going to have a cable provider.  I should be able to output
>> via RCA or HDMI, right?
>>
>> Greg
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