2013-10-29, 08:12
(2013-10-28, 18:23)photon2000 Wrote: Hi gauche,I have this scenario running, except as a rule I use a *buntu/xbmc mix rather than openelec. I also chop and change between watching TV on mythfrontend and xbmc. Up until recently I haven't been impressed by xbmc's PVR frontend, but it is certainly getting very usable now. Not as nice to look at as mythfrontend, and certainly I wouldn't use XBMC to set up a recording, it just doesn't give you the options that myth does. Mind you, you can use the web interface to set up recordings and never use mythfrontend at all.
I'm interested in your findings. Did you get OpenElec+HDHomeRun+MythTV running properly?
Mythtv is far more flexible and powerful than tvhe. The recording rules are very powerful.
Quote:Could you integrate the 24/7 NAS approach (Synology) in your scenario?mythtv can record to a nas, but IMHO the better scenario is a server with all your storage and mythbackend running. Less network traffic between the backend and the NAS, keep it all local. Put it under the stairs - it doesn't have to be super power hungry, but it is ideally a proper PC rather than some NAS hardware that you can't run mythbackend on. I don't like to have NAS manufacturers dictate to me what software I can run.
Quote:Since I decided to use Openelec/XBMC+HDHomerun+TVHeadend in a similar environment it is interesting to compare the pros and cons.
@documentation of tvh
I am not a developer but experienced in linux. Maybe the documentation of the code is not state of the art (for sure it isn't). But there are other facts: Tvheadend is the most active thread in the XBMC PVR section. Example: there is a sticky thread for tvheadend+hdhomerun on Synology (ARM). The tvheadend forum itself is active as well (try IRC; so you can instantly chat with the developers). A hudge source of knowlege around tvheadend. Or have a look at https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/activity . Last code changes Yesterday. From my point of view thats the nature of open source projects.
If you are not such experienced in linux, please try the standard way first: Take a standard pc, put a natively supported tv-card in, install ubuntu 12.10 lts, install the tvheadend package (as described), log (from your windows pc) into the tvh webui, scan the channels and you will watch the first tv channel in less than one hour. All fancy details: Tvheadend on RaspberryPi or Synology, HDHomerun support, channel descrambling, etc.will take more time...
Just my two cents...