Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television
Hi, Looking at buying a combination PVR (personal video recorder) and digital TV reciever. There are units available from places like Dick Smith, etc, from $200+ Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? Would like to be able to recieve both the free-to-air analogue and digital TV chanelns (in Standard Def is fine) and also record the shows... i presume i'll need some kind of remote or at least a wireless keyboard. Or is all too hard and should i just go with the appliance from Dick Smith? Topfield 4410. Nick. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television
On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:36 +1000, Nick wrote: Hi, Hi, Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? I myself use a winfast dtv1000 digital card. Software wise, I use a project called MythTV. Would like to be able to recieve both the free-to-air analogue and digital TV chanelns (in Standard Def is fine) and also record the shows... i presume i'll need some kind of remote or at least a wireless keyboard. If you are receiving digital then aiming for the analogue equivelants is pretty much redundant. Or is all too hard and should i just go with the appliance from Dick Smith? Topfield 4410. The topfields are nice, really you need to ask yourself whether you want something that is just plug and play without fiddling, or if you're looking to build a home theatre system exactly the way you want to. -- James Purser http://collaborynth.com.au Mob: 0406 576 553 Ph: +61 2 8210 6725 Skype: collaborynth signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television
2008/8/13 James Purser [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:36 +1000, Nick wrote: [snip] Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? I myself use a winfast dtv1000 digital card. Software wise, I use a project called MythTV. There is an Ubuntu variant called MythBuntu that as the name suggests merges Ubuntu and MythTV out of the box. http://www.mythbuntu.org/downloads MythBuntu is a preconfigured merger, but the same can be achieved simply by installing the 'mythbuntu-desktop' package available in the multiverse repository. This can be good to know as the MythBuntu discs are not always mirrored locally, but multiverse usually is (judging by my current iiNet mirror). Would like to be able to recieve both the free-to-air analogue and digital TV chanelns (in Standard Def is fine) and also record the shows... i presume i'll need some kind of remote or at least a wireless keyboard. If you are receiving digital then aiming for the analogue equivelants is pretty much redundant. Further on this: The standard analogue channels are repeated as the Standard Definition digital channels, then more channels are added such as the High Definition channels, ABC2 etc. You would really have to have a solid specific need for an analogue version to justify it. Or is all too hard and should i just go with the appliance from Dick Smith? Topfield 4410. The topfields are nice, really you need to ask yourself whether you want something that is just plug and play without fiddling, or if you're looking to build a home theatre system exactly the way you want to. If you are hoping for a smooth experience with MythTV it really pays to do a little research on the linuxtv wiki at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_Devices There are many devices that will work. One easy way to do the research would be to check what tuners your usual PC supplier sells then check the wiki to see if they'll work. Hope this helps, cheers, Owen. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television
Nick wrote: Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? Running a Yuan (Stratford) PG300 DVB-T card in an AthlonXP 2400+ with MythBuntu. Prior to that I rolled my own MythTV setups, but MythBuntu makes a 2-day setup affair a 30 minute exercise now, and I'm happy to spend the saved time doing something else. :) The wife was converted the instant she saw the web interface, and the ease of scheduling recordings of her favourite shows. Her only requirement was a nice, neat little system with no keyboard and mouse. So I bought a purpose-built PVR case and an iMON remote, which all passed her requirements with flying colours. The system isn't fast enough to play back hi def stuff, but it can record, downscale and transcode hi-def to 480p MPEG4, which plays back just fine. There is still no hardware acceleration available under Linux for x264 and similar hi def codecs, so you'll need around 3GHz minimum to play back hi def stuff in realtime. -Dan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu and PVR / Digital Television
2008/8/13 Owen Townend [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/8/13 James Purser [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 19:36 +1000, Nick wrote: [snip] Was wondering if anyone has had success in using linux/ubuntu for this purpose? Is there a guide or kit list online that anyone can endorse? I myself use a winfast dtv1000 digital card. Software wise, I use a project called MythTV. There is an Ubuntu variant called MythBuntu that as the name suggests merges Ubuntu and MythTV out of the box. http://www.mythbuntu.org/downloads MythBuntu is a preconfigured merger, but the same can be achieved simply by installing the 'mythbuntu-desktop' package available in the multiverse repository. This can be good to know as the MythBuntu discs are not always mirrored locally, but multiverse usually is (judging by my current iiNet mirror). Would like to be able to recieve both the free-to-air analogue and digital TV chanelns (in Standard Def is fine) and also record the shows... i presume i'll need some kind of remote or at least a wireless keyboard. If you are receiving digital then aiming for the analogue equivelants is pretty much redundant. Further on this: The standard analogue channels are repeated as the Standard Definition digital channels, then more channels are added such as the High Definition channels, ABC2 etc. You would really have to have a solid specific need for an analogue version to justify it. Or is all too hard and should i just go with the appliance from Dick Smith? Topfield 4410. The topfields are nice, really you need to ask yourself whether you want something that is just plug and play without fiddling, or if you're looking to build a home theatre system exactly the way you want to. If you are hoping for a smooth experience with MythTV it really pays to do a little research on the linuxtv wiki at http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_Devices There are many devices that will work. One easy way to do the research would be to check what tuners your usual PC supplier sells then check the wiki to see if they'll work. Hope this helps, cheers, Owen. I'm the owner of two topfield units, One TF5000 PVRt Masterpiece and the other a standard TF5000 PVRt Suffice to say I'm now looking at my own Myth project, and am thoroughly unimpressed with my Topfield experience. -- Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 The ancients who wished to demonstrate illustrious virtue throughout the empire first ordered well their own states. Wishing to order their own states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things - Confucius -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
