2011-03-28, 17:06
Here is my spec:
CPU: ATOM 330
MEMORY: 2GB RAM
VIDEOCARD: Integrated
OS: Ubuntu 10.10 32bit
XBMC-PVR (SVN Build Weekly): https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc
TUNNER
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Country: USA
TUNNER: USB WinTV-HVR-950Q
TUNNING: Over the air ( <12 miles to nearest tv station )
ANTENNA: Basic Antenna that came with tunner.
TVHeadend
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SVN ( Build Weekly ): https://github.com/opdenkamp/tvheadend
- Setup was pretty straight forward from web-end except I couldn't pickup all the channel with proper channel id. Once I got the channel I wanted, I setup EPG information via perl script to get information from zap2it.com. Then I would reboot the computer and find the channel tunning wouldn't work alright, no signal on certain channel. I had to kill tvheadend and load it couple of times, before it would be back to normal but it would only pickup some channels.
- XBMC-PVR would pickup the backend fine all time, but it would have problems tunning into though. I keep getting "No Signal Found" on channels that worked fine couple of minutes ago. I kept going back and forth between channels before I got it working on that channel. When it worked, I would get excellent pictures. EPG information was getting from backend fine.
MythTV
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PPA build: sudo apt-get install mythtv
- Setup was a pain since I already had mysql installed. After reading through several articles, I had a working MythTV backend. It found all channels fine all the time, but MythTV Frontend would log me off my system when I tried to watch tv on a channel. After many re-install, I got it to work one time but I fooled around with the video settings on the MythTV frontend and now I am back to the same problem. EPG information for most of the channel was picked from the AIR via EIT. I could watch all channel ( one time it worked ) without any issue where tvheadend, it wouldn't even tune into some channels.
- XBMC-PVR did have addon from MythTV but it didn't work. I had use a native one ( non-addon ), which worked fine to retrieve information from Mythtv Backend but it would go into endless loop when I tried to watch a channel. I tried using Myth-Box and got the same result.
Kaffeine
--------
PPA: sudo apt-get install kaffeine
- Setup was pretty straight forward through GUI except no EPG information. It would tune it all channel all the time and I could watch all channel without any major problems. Pictures and sound were excellent except a minor sound issue with 1080p content.
- XBMC-PVR didn't have any support for Kaffeine as it doesn't have backend.
I am planning to get a better antenna to see if they issues are due to that.
Please post your experiences, so that I could use it to get a better XBMC PVR experience.
CPU: ATOM 330
MEMORY: 2GB RAM
VIDEOCARD: Integrated
OS: Ubuntu 10.10 32bit
XBMC-PVR (SVN Build Weekly): https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc
TUNNER
---------
Country: USA
TUNNER: USB WinTV-HVR-950Q
TUNNING: Over the air ( <12 miles to nearest tv station )
ANTENNA: Basic Antenna that came with tunner.
TVHeadend
-----------
SVN ( Build Weekly ): https://github.com/opdenkamp/tvheadend
- Setup was pretty straight forward from web-end except I couldn't pickup all the channel with proper channel id. Once I got the channel I wanted, I setup EPG information via perl script to get information from zap2it.com. Then I would reboot the computer and find the channel tunning wouldn't work alright, no signal on certain channel. I had to kill tvheadend and load it couple of times, before it would be back to normal but it would only pickup some channels.
- XBMC-PVR would pickup the backend fine all time, but it would have problems tunning into though. I keep getting "No Signal Found" on channels that worked fine couple of minutes ago. I kept going back and forth between channels before I got it working on that channel. When it worked, I would get excellent pictures. EPG information was getting from backend fine.
MythTV
-----------
PPA build: sudo apt-get install mythtv
- Setup was a pain since I already had mysql installed. After reading through several articles, I had a working MythTV backend. It found all channels fine all the time, but MythTV Frontend would log me off my system when I tried to watch tv on a channel. After many re-install, I got it to work one time but I fooled around with the video settings on the MythTV frontend and now I am back to the same problem. EPG information for most of the channel was picked from the AIR via EIT. I could watch all channel ( one time it worked ) without any issue where tvheadend, it wouldn't even tune into some channels.
- XBMC-PVR did have addon from MythTV but it didn't work. I had use a native one ( non-addon ), which worked fine to retrieve information from Mythtv Backend but it would go into endless loop when I tried to watch a channel. I tried using Myth-Box and got the same result.
Kaffeine
--------
PPA: sudo apt-get install kaffeine
- Setup was pretty straight forward through GUI except no EPG information. It would tune it all channel all the time and I could watch all channel without any major problems. Pictures and sound were excellent except a minor sound issue with 1080p content.
- XBMC-PVR didn't have any support for Kaffeine as it doesn't have backend.
I am planning to get a better antenna to see if they issues are due to that.
Please post your experiences, so that I could use it to get a better XBMC PVR experience.