MythTV... floored.
You've heard me talk at length about my MythTV box that I have built. Last night I did a small "upgrade" to my setup.
All I have to say is... ^*&#*#! This thing rocks.
So what did I do? I enabled multiple frontends and used a pre-built Mac OS X package that allows me to use my MythTV box on my OS X machine. And the scary part... it works. It works well. OK, it's awesome and amazes me. As a friend would say, "It rocks my face off!"
I was able to watch pre-recorded videos with no problem. I was able to watch live TV with no problem.
Now there is a caveat in here... My MythTV linux box only has an 802.11b USB network interface. The laptop has an 802.11g card. With previously recorded videos the network didn't have much problems. Sometimes the video would slow down but the audio always appeared to stay constant. The MPEG video has a bit rate of 3500 bps burstable to 4750 (I think, I have forgotten how I have set it up.) The linux box only has a USB 1.1 interface so I don't know if upgrading it to 802.11g would help or not. I could move the router to the cabinet and try cabled ethernet, but currently I think knoppmyth has some problems with the built in NIC on the motherboard. Knoppmyth is the linux distro that I'm using that keeps me from having to build the machine from scratch and saved lots of time getting the machine up and running.
Also, I tested LiveTV on the TV while watching a previously recorded video on the OS X frontend. No problems. Now I can watch something else if April decides she has to watch that program she already taped.
Wow, very cool. And all for free.
All I have to say is... ^*&#*#! This thing rocks.
So what did I do? I enabled multiple frontends and used a pre-built Mac OS X package that allows me to use my MythTV box on my OS X machine. And the scary part... it works. It works well. OK, it's awesome and amazes me. As a friend would say, "It rocks my face off!"
I was able to watch pre-recorded videos with no problem. I was able to watch live TV with no problem.
Now there is a caveat in here... My MythTV linux box only has an 802.11b USB network interface. The laptop has an 802.11g card. With previously recorded videos the network didn't have much problems. Sometimes the video would slow down but the audio always appeared to stay constant. The MPEG video has a bit rate of 3500 bps burstable to 4750 (I think, I have forgotten how I have set it up.) The linux box only has a USB 1.1 interface so I don't know if upgrading it to 802.11g would help or not. I could move the router to the cabinet and try cabled ethernet, but currently I think knoppmyth has some problems with the built in NIC on the motherboard. Knoppmyth is the linux distro that I'm using that keeps me from having to build the machine from scratch and saved lots of time getting the machine up and running.
Also, I tested LiveTV on the TV while watching a previously recorded video on the OS X frontend. No problems. Now I can watch something else if April decides she has to watch that program she already taped.
Wow, very cool. And all for free.