[mythtvnz] TiVo replacement

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Rodney Halvorsen <rodneyh at clear.net.nz>
wrote:

> Hi Craig,
> Would you know if this channel multiplexing is possible with the
> HDHomebase?
> Rodney
>

Assuming you mean HD Homerun, the answer is "yes"


>
> Date sent:                  Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:51:56 +0000
> From:                         Craig Blaikie <craig at swarmiq.co.nz>
> Subject:                      Re: [mythtvnz] TiVo replacement
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> > Just thought I would add my 10c worth about the setup and use of MythTV.
> >
> > I have run a combined MythTV on frontend/backend for many years, but
> about one year ago, started playing around with the RaspberryPI 3 Model B.
> I have been running the XBain version of the Kodi media player, with the
> MythTV plugin.  This RaspberryPI/Kodi box is now the fulltime frontend for
> my system, contacts the backend, works beautifully.
> >
> > About one month ago, the big upgrade started.  I virtualised the MythTV
> frontend/backend so that it is now running as a virtual machine, on my
> windows 10 PC, Skylake i7 - 16GB Ram.
> > The virtual machine image is running on Hyper-V service on windows, this
> service anyone with 64bit Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 (Pro version) should be able
> to install through add/remove programs, it would also be possible to run
> this virtual machine under VMWare Workstation or Player.  The MythTV
> frontend/backend runs in the virtual machine, and I can record and watch
> programs there (testing the system), but there is no sound card drivers
> setup in Hyper-V by default, so there is no sound.  The recorded file does
> have the sound and works great on the Kodi frontend.
> >
> > The install is Mythbuntu 16.04.1, and the virtual machine is set to use
> 4GB ram and I have given it 2 virtual CPUs, it runs at about 2-5%, load
> > The tuner is a HD Homerun, which has 2 hardware tuners, MythTV is
> configured for 5 virtual tuners per physical tuner, so these virtual tuners
> allow MythTV to record up to 5 programs from each of the 2 hardware tuners.
> > Storage is 8TB HDD, mounted in windows, but shared to the Virtual
> machine over a NFS share.
> > Scheduling/recording setup is done mainly through MythWeb, although
> programs can be scheduled in Kodi also.
> > Live TV is available via Kodi, but hardly ever use it.
> >
> > Program guide is via EIT download, nothing to install and configure,
> just enabled in setup/MythWeb, previously I had used the tv_grab_nz-py on
> the old MythTV server
> >
> > This design allows for multiple low power frontends (Kodi), and only one
> PC running full time in the office.
> >
> > Future enhancement will be possible more storage and an additional
> tuner, either another HD Homerun or a VBox 4 channel tuner (2 HD/2
> Satellite)
> >
> > The new server/image was a fresh install and have retired the backend
> (it turned off during the last power cut...) and I will need to move the
> recordings from it sometime in the next few weeks, planning to use myth
> archive to move the recordings over.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >   Craig
> >
> >
> >
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