[TriLUG] A Myth TV question, I think

[Greg Brown]

They'd all be non-HD.  I think this is the solution I'm looking for.  Now..
to build..  and spend!!

Greg

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Neil L. Little <nllittle at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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:
> >
> >> Peeps:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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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