RE: New Xtreme X38HD Multimedia Player

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I have this kind of setup in MythTV, I have 2 dual tuner cards.
>
> When I last used MythTV (over a year ago) there was talk of
> doing this but it wasn't actually implemented.
> I liked MythTV apart from the fact that being Linux based (I
> used the KnoppMyth download) it meant that I effectively had
> a whole machine dedicated to it, since I'm not a Unix bod.
> With GBPVR I can have it running in the background of a
> windows PC that I'm using for other things as well.

I have 2 linux servers running 24/7 so that's not an issue for me! A bigger
issue is the lack of linux suppport for some dual tuner cards. Another good
solution is Sage TV which has both Linux and Windows versions. Check out
their HD extender(STX-HD100), nice bit of kit at a nice price.


> >  and saves each program as a separate mpeg as usual.
>
> That's good.. GBPVR leaves them as .ts files, I guess it must
> be possible to transcode to .mpg or something.
> Does MythTV actually create the Mpeg as it records or convert
> it afterwards ?

It records direct to an mpeg file, you can watch it as it is recording.

There are a few reasons I stick with Mythtv: xbmc support, multirec and
mythweb & upnp.

Cheers, Des.



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