Re: [Mvpmc-users] Current status of mvpmc?

2010-01-28 Thread Jon Gettler
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Scott Barker wrote: > I was one of the early adopters with mvpmc, and still use two mvp boxes > running mvpmc. For the most part, there are no problems, but I was > wondering what the future of mvpmc was. On the mailing list, I read > about people using assorted up

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Anyone using miro-bridge

2010-01-28 Thread Tom Metro
Mike Jones wrote: > Anyone using miro-bridge and have success playing imported videos on mvpmc? Not me, but for those curious: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MiroBridge#What_is_Miro_Bridge.3F "In essence Miro Bridge enables Miro to emulate a MythTV recording device" This python script prov

Re: [Mvpmc-users] recordings unwatchable due to audio stuttering

2010-01-28 Thread Tom Metro
Roger Heflin wrote: > I transcode my digital streams down to normal stuff that the mvpmc > will work with, this is done via a user job in mythtv, and takes about > 1/2 of the runtime... Seeing as the transcoding happens faster than real time, have you explored any ways to inject a real time tra

Re: [Mvpmc-users] transcoding AC3 to MP2

2010-01-28 Thread Roger Heflin
Eric Cooper wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:21:01PM -0600, Roger Heflin wrote: Eric Cooper wrote: My recent MythTV recordings are unwatchable on my mvpmc box due to audio stuttering. [...] There are 2 possible problems. Either the bit rate is too high, and that is causing issues, or the au

[Mvpmc-users] transcoding AC3 to MP2 (was: recordings unwatchable due to audio stuttering)

2010-01-28 Thread Eric Cooper
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:21:01PM -0600, Roger Heflin wrote: > Eric Cooper wrote: > > My recent MythTV recordings are unwatchable on my mvpmc box due to > > audio stuttering. [...] > > There are 2 possible problems. > > Either the bit rate is too high, and that is causing issues, or the > audio

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Current status of mvpmc?

2010-01-28 Thread Eric Sharkey
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Scott Barker wrote: > I've seen a lot of people mention XBMC - is there a movement towards > XBMC over MythTV as a front-end on these media units? Yes and no. It seems to come down to personal preference. Some people really prefer XBMC, some really prefer mythfr

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Current status of mvpmc?

2010-01-28 Thread Scott Barker
Thanks for the info, Tom. It looks like I should just bide my time for a few months, and see what shakes out in the market, and in the open source world, for these new media boxes. On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:12 -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > Scott Barker wrote: > > Can I assume that the nightly builds a

Re: [Mvpmc-users] Current status of mvpmc?

2010-01-28 Thread Scott Barker
Thanks, Eric. I'll take a look at the Acer Aspire Revo. I've seen a lot of people mention XBMC - is there a movement towards XBMC over MythTV as a front-end on these media units? On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:34:38 -0500, Eric Sharkey wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Scott Barker > wrote: > >