stuart wrote: > > > Roger Heflin wrote: >> stuart wrote: >> >>> Wow, never thought of that (recording the NTSC output of an OTA ATSC >>> Tuner). Great idea. (Well, I'm trying to unsuccessfully get my >>> replay to do this - but that's another thread.) >>> >>> More of an explanation than help: As the mediamvp can not handle HD >>> and does not synchronize the sound for SD ATSC (well, we've played >>> w/it, I don't think anything came of it) most here (actually everyone >>> AFAIK) plays ATSC recordings on their mvpmc boxes from their myth >>> boxes through VLC. As such you don't deal w/channel numbers (more >>> like that whole (nice) aspect of mythtv is lost). >> >> Or have automatic transcoding jobs to pre-convert it to mpeg2/mp3. > > Yeah, but I also have a real mythtv front end. Transcoding down to > stereo and lower resolution would be, well, ok for most of the shows. > But there are those which I would like to keep in HD / 5.1 sound. > >>> --- >>> >>> Humm, I'm beginning to warm up to your idea, I might have to go out >>> and buy another OTA ATSC tuner today! >>> >> >> The biggest issue I have ran into it getting an IR blaster that works, >> the one one the PVR150's only works for a pre-defined set of remotes >> (supposely), and I also have mceusb2 variant that I though would work, >> it works for input, but the 2 transmitters don't work at all, and >> others report that this is also the case for them. > > Really? Well, with having no luck at all w/what I'm doing I can't > argue. But, unlike an IR receiver, an IR transmitter is usually not > much more than an inferred LED and a resistor. I could probably cobble > one together from the junk found in the basement (hummm, maybe I should > try that for my ReplayTV effort above...).
From what I saw on the homebrew receiver only has a chip or 2 more so long as someone is putting them on a serial port. > > As for the codes, I assumed under Linux there would be drivers that > support codes found at the JP1 site (hifi-remote.com). If true, you > should be able to control all but the most exotic devices (i.e. devices > that use off frequency carriers). The impression I get is that you have to teach the remote to linux, and that different transmitters have different formats as I have seen definitions for the same remote that look very different. And that some transmitters like the pvr150's one are in some way limited by its hardware. The have a set of defined remotes, but none of those remotes are DTV ones, and I have been able to train my receiver, but most of the pre-built transmitters have issues. > >> And the big advantage for me would be that anything brought in this >> way would not need to be transcoded. Right now I have 2 analog >> tuners, and 2 ATSC digital tuners, and enough DTV boxes to run my 2 >> analog tuners, if I can only find a working IR blaster. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> Roger > > Well: >> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Using_an_IR_Blaster_with_MythTV > Already long since followed that. Just figuring out which ones actually transmit (except for the home built ones) is difficult, and which ones can transmit all signals. I have a ehome mceusb2 one which works fine as a receiver but is not currently supported as a transmitter. I will probably have to break down and just build the home build one and be done with it. Roger ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
