[mythtvnz] Going cold turkey (was: MythTV upgrade, bleeding code, ready for tester)

[Tortise]

Shhhh.  I get around the problem of flakey myth live TV this way:
HDHomerun and VLC work very well for Live HD TV to any PC, although one needs a high CPU spec for HD.  (VDPAU is probably coming to VLC)
However I've still to figure out how to make the pause work.....


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Lowe 
  To: MythTV in NZ 
  Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:17 PM
  Subject: [mythtvnz] Going cold turkey (was: MythTV upgrade, bleeding code,ready for tester)


  On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:

    The other point I'd make is that if you don't care about the "new paradigm", if Live TV is your main thing, then you're probably better off with a MySky box or another good PVR. Live TV is simply not one of MythTVs strengths. If you must have MythTV then it'll annoy you less if you make a conscious effort to adopt the paradigm and forget about LiveTV and to convince the other users in your household to do the same. 

  I've been using MythTV for nearly two years & have found it hard to convince the family to adopt the new paradigm, until i hit on a solution... give them no choice. I had an old rear projection TV that I hated and gave away, planning to upgrade. While searching for the upgrade, I just put a 21" computer monitor in the lounge. No analogue receiver, no direct sky input, but a surprisingly clear and watchable picture... they had no choice but to use Myth (or as my daughter calls it 'Blue'. It's both a noun and a verb already!).

  Three months later, still no 42" replacement and everyone has come to adopt the new paradigm.

  But now the pressure is on to resolve some annoyances which I'll address in another post...

  - David





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