2012-04-13, 12:50
Hi all,
I've used XBMC since the days of XBMP!
I've always had a combination of XBMC(or P on the old Xbox) and MythTV.
Every few years it seems that I have another look at what's happening in the world of XBMC and it's moved on in leaps an bounds.
I'd really like to use XBMC as a live-tv front-end as well as everything else now. The videos I have seen on you-tube look fantastic and it's looking really quite stable (I had a play a year or so ago and it wasn't quite as stable as those videos make it look now).
I have a dual-core, dual-processor AMD 64 bit Optoron machine with 8gb of ram with two SLI nVideo DVI dual cards in (I used to run 4 desktops) and a dual-core (might be hyper-threaded instead) P4 with 2 Gb of ram.
Currently the lower spec machine is running XBMC (not Eden) and handles 1080p *quite* well, so it must have a reasonable graphics card in it.
I also have a Revo R3700 that is running MythFrontend and XBMC perfectly that I'll convert over once I can get the Live TV stuff working. All the films/music/pictures etc... are held on a SMB NAS drive on a gigabit network.
Can someone suggest what setup I should use to get a PVR through XBMC using this hardware?
Should I use the higher spec machine as a front-end or back-end etc....?
Thanks in advance. After reading a tonne of posts, I think I've over-read things and am now starting to confuse myself!
I've used XBMC since the days of XBMP!
I've always had a combination of XBMC(or P on the old Xbox) and MythTV.
Every few years it seems that I have another look at what's happening in the world of XBMC and it's moved on in leaps an bounds.
I'd really like to use XBMC as a live-tv front-end as well as everything else now. The videos I have seen on you-tube look fantastic and it's looking really quite stable (I had a play a year or so ago and it wasn't quite as stable as those videos make it look now).
I have a dual-core, dual-processor AMD 64 bit Optoron machine with 8gb of ram with two SLI nVideo DVI dual cards in (I used to run 4 desktops) and a dual-core (might be hyper-threaded instead) P4 with 2 Gb of ram.
Currently the lower spec machine is running XBMC (not Eden) and handles 1080p *quite* well, so it must have a reasonable graphics card in it.
I also have a Revo R3700 that is running MythFrontend and XBMC perfectly that I'll convert over once I can get the Live TV stuff working. All the films/music/pictures etc... are held on a SMB NAS drive on a gigabit network.
Can someone suggest what setup I should use to get a PVR through XBMC using this hardware?
Should I use the higher spec machine as a front-end or back-end etc....?
Thanks in advance. After reading a tonne of posts, I think I've over-read things and am now starting to confuse myself!