On 02/18/2016 10:03 PM, DAN EGLI wrote: > Hey folks, I'm putting together some ideas for a DVR and I had some questions > that I hope you all can answer for me. > > I had thought to use MythTV, since that's what everyone seems to have used in > the past. But recent articles in various computer magazines have made no > mention of MythTV, while they have mentioned Kodi (formerly XBMC). The > reviews all seem positive, but I'm wondering if anyone has had experience > with Kodi to compare with experience with MythTV? What are the pros/cons of > each? I am fairly certain that MythTV supports multiple tuners recording > different channels at the same time. Does Kodi? Which is easier to work with? > Does either support a higher maximum number of tuners than the other? > > Also, on the hardware front, what's the maximum number of tuners anyone has > ever had in a single DVR? I've heard of cards with four tuners on them. Has > anyone ever, say had two of those cards at once? Or otherwise had more than > four tuners? I'm curious about that. And what level of CPU would > realistically be considered minimum for something like this? How many threads > would realistically be needed to record multiple programs? > > I appreciate any answers that you can provide. > > --- Dan > (new address, since my old ISP went belly up and took all the login > credentials for my old gmail account with them) >
I used MythTV for a few years, and it was alright. The only issue I ever had with it directly was the annoyance of having to upgrade the frontends every time I upgraded the backend. Only really an issue if you didn't have time to upgrade the frontends before watching your favorite show. Grazie, ;-Daniel Fussell /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
