[mythtvnz] MythTV-NZ Recommended Hardware List

[Steven Ellis]

On Mon, June 16, 2008 7:27 pm, Brett Davidson wrote:
> Steven Ellis wrote:
>> On Mon, June 16, 2008 5:02 pm, Brett Davidson wrote:
>>
>>> OK guys.
>>>
>>> May I be the first to avail myself of your expertise.
>>>
>>> I am looking at DVB-T support since I like the idea of watching the
>>> upcoming Olympics (amongst other programs) in HD. What I don't like is
>>> that all set-top boxes sold here only output SD from non-HDMI
>>> connectors.
>>>
>>> Looking at using MythTV to watch/record the DVB-T in HD so I can watch
>>> the
>>> programs I want to see later. (Of course if they are live at the time I
>>> am
>>> home I would prefer to watch them live).
>>>
>>> So...what sort of beast will I need (DVB-T cards/CPU/Graphics
>>> card/Memory)
>>> and would it pass Wife-Acceptance-Factor of being low-noise (and
>>> preferably low-profile)?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well at the moment if you want freeview|HD and MythTV you had better be
>> willing to get your hands dirty with custom patches and tweaks and it
>> doesn't work with mainstream Myth.
>>
>> As for Hardware, a dual core 4800+ or greater will do 720p but we still
>> don't know about the 1080i channels due to video codec issues.
>>
>> I'm assuming you want HD over component, so you basically need a good
>> enough NVidia chipset with component.
>>
>> For tuners I'd probably look at the dual tuner Nova-T at the moment,
>> until
>> the HVR-2200 PCIe cards have drivers.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> Steven Ellis - Technical Director
>> OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
>> email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
>> website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz
>>
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> Thanks Steve.
>
> So it sounds like I need to patch things, huh? And even then, it won't
> work that well? What do you mean by "it won't work with standard Myth"?
> Do I need to patch and/or compile Myth from source, for instance?

The support for our H.264 video standard and HE-AAC audio standard hasn't
been fully implemented in MythTV.

In all likelyhood you will need some custom "out of tree" patches and
compile from source.


> I thought FreeView only supported 720p? Are you saying that MythTV won't
> play any of my 1080i-encoded Blu-ray movies at present?

1, freeview|HD transmits in 720p, 1080i and 576i

2. MythTV doesn't support Blu-Ray

> Don't need component for output - would prefer HDMI or DVI. Only reason
> for component was to record but I can do that on the local (or NAS) hard
> drives.

On my test rig I can output HD over Component or DVI with no issues

> Thanks for the heads up on tuners.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Brett.
>
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Steven Ellis - Technical Director
OpenMedia Limited - The Home of myPVR
email   - steven at openmedia.co.nz
website - http://www.openmedia.co.nz