2009-06-09, 15:27
I have been a MythTV user for some time now, even wrote a few patches, but recently trying some alternatives.
My main reason to choose MythTV over VDR was because of its extra features to manage my media. Now I'm using XBMC this isn't needed anymore, but that's no reason to stop using the mythtv backend (its good software and very stable).
My main reason to stop using myth-backend (this is the part that handles the livetv and recordings features etc) is because of it's extremly long time to swith between channels (3-5 seconds and sometimes more) and its constant writing to the harddisk when waching live tv (Mythtv always records what you are whatching). This makes my system use more power and can't be good for the harddisk in the long run.
I've been looking at (most) alternatives and now trying out VDR for watching livetv and schedule recordings/timeshifting. It's in use for several weeks now, rocksolide (like mythtv), fast channels switching and uses less system resources.
At the moment it seems the perfect choice but I'm still wondering what you guys are using for live tv and recordings.
one other thing: any one using the XBMC-vdr branch? (http://www.xbmc.org/trac/ticket/5595). Seems that VDR is now supported... anyone experience with this? Looks to me an even beter solution than switching between VDR and XBMC.
My main reason to choose MythTV over VDR was because of its extra features to manage my media. Now I'm using XBMC this isn't needed anymore, but that's no reason to stop using the mythtv backend (its good software and very stable).
My main reason to stop using myth-backend (this is the part that handles the livetv and recordings features etc) is because of it's extremly long time to swith between channels (3-5 seconds and sometimes more) and its constant writing to the harddisk when waching live tv (Mythtv always records what you are whatching). This makes my system use more power and can't be good for the harddisk in the long run.
I've been looking at (most) alternatives and now trying out VDR for watching livetv and schedule recordings/timeshifting. It's in use for several weeks now, rocksolide (like mythtv), fast channels switching and uses less system resources.
At the moment it seems the perfect choice but I'm still wondering what you guys are using for live tv and recordings.
one other thing: any one using the XBMC-vdr branch? (http://www.xbmc.org/trac/ticket/5595). Seems that VDR is now supported... anyone experience with this? Looks to me an even beter solution than switching between VDR and XBMC.