2012-03-30, 15:18
Great. Thanks for all your comments and this will really help me going forward.
(2012-03-30, 02:03)vskatusa Wrote:Quote:a. Also if I use SiliconDust's HDHomeRun TV tuner, will I be able to configure and use using MythTV backend?I use SILICON DUST HDHomeRun TV Tuner (the older generation not the new one) and connected to my router....the MYTHTV BACKEND will allow you to select it in its configuration.. just google the configure of mythtv backend and you can possibly see screen shots!
Quote:b. Once MythTV backend is installed and if I want to record on-the-air programs, where will the recorded program get stored? In my backend computer or can I use a NAS to store it and play using XBMC frontend htpc?It is upto you to say where you want it stored... I have a old machine which I use as mythtv backend...and the machine is connected to my router... and I store the programs recordings in the MythTV backend and point this in XBMC MythBOX addon's. You can access the listing on the web as well and watch it on the web....and pick what you want to record....I watch recorded TV from work using the web ...only SD quality...HD over the web is painfull
Quote:c. Last question - What kind of configuration should be my backend computer be? Like RAM, processor etc.Any old machine will do it... recordings is not memory or cpu intensive....only if you want to encode it then you need a powerful machine...I would suggest ONLY old machines. lying around...remember if you use a newer machine LINUX (mythubuntu) might not have drivers... so it is better to use old machine lying around....
Finally, allow to spend atleast couple of days on the configuration if you are new.....I would do it over a weekend....Shoot any questions and I will try to help...However I do not want to hijack this thread....because this is only for PVR functionality