| Korny1 | Evening, just a quick question, I'm considering migrating from sagetv(since it was bought out by google) to myth, I currently run a ubuntu box for my server, just looking for anyone who's made that switch before and could give me pointers | 01:34 |
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| Korny1 | I'm also wondering if first generation nvidia ion atom computers work well as a front end or if I should stick with second gen? | 01:36 |
| Shadow__X | Korny1: i have not made the switch but have been using mythbuntu for around 3 years now | 01:49 |
| Shadow__X | if you already have the ion machines i will urge you to test them, it seems they are a mixed blessing. Without the gpu to offload they are unable to handle hd | 01:50 |
| Shadow__X | also their power consumption could be lower | 01:50 |
| Korny1 | I haven't bought anything yet, my sage extenders I will be selling after getting myth up and running, I'm just looking at what hardware to consider for frontends | 01:56 |
| Korny1 | My server is a bit overkill.... AMD 6core @3.2 and 12 gigs of ram :/ | 01:57 |
| Shadow__X | well there are a lot options honestly. Its normally recommended to have a cpu that can handle hd streams without gpu offloading. Most recent processors that are above 2ghz should be able to handle it | 01:57 |
| Korny1 | I'm thinking of network booting ion2 systems, but I'm wondering if they are just as laggy as the exenders from sage which function that way when accessing fan art | 01:58 |
| Shadow__X | Korny1: actually since you have a pretty server you can do real time commercial flagging on numerous shows at once | 01:58 |
| Korny1 | Oh yes, I run 4 comskips at once right now :) | 01:58 |
| Korny1 | plus handbrake | 01:58 |
| Shadow__X | i gotcha | 01:59 |
| Korny1 | I'm hoping to replicate what I'm doing now with sage, I record something, run it through my bash script which basically removes spanish audio streams and then remuxes and runs it through project x to comercial cut and then runs handbrake | 02:00 |
| Shadow__X | well mythtv does commercial flagging itself | 02:00 |
| Korny1 | and convert it to 400-500 meg per hour episodes | 02:00 |
| Shadow__X | and if you want to you can have it autimatically remove the cutlists for the commercials | 02:00 |
| Shadow__X | also you can again have it convert it down too | 02:01 |
| Korny1 | Does it use the nuv format still? or can it do mkvs? | 02:01 |
| Shadow__X | you can convert it to .mp4 i am not sure about mkv's | 02:01 |
| Korny1 | i see | 02:22 |
| Korny1 | I'm assuming myth monitor input directorys? so if I use a program like sickbeard to catch up on shows I missed it can add them to the library? | 02:24 |
| Shadow__X | Korny1: there is mythvideo | 02:58 |
| Korny1 | Shadow__X, it looks as though the storage group function is similar to what I'm used to, where I don't have have the frontends access network shares but instead just accessable via the frontend | 03:01 |
| Shadow__X | yup there are limitations though | 03:06 |
| Shadow__X | iirc iso does not work there yet | 03:06 |
| Korny1 | I don't use ISO's | 03:06 |
| Shadow__X | i am sure they will add that feature | 03:07 |
| Korny1 | Server munches on ISO's so quick that it takes like 14 minutes to convert a dvd to 700 meg mkv | 03:07 |
| Korny1 | Which is almost lossless | 03:07 |
| Shadow__X | oh ok | 03:07 |
| Shadow__X | what will you be using to record | 03:08 |
| Korny1 | Right now a HDhomerun | 03:08 |
| Korny1 | and I use sickbeard for cable programs, thats why I was wondering about importing mediea | 03:08 |
| Korny1 | media | 03:08 |
| Shadow__X | that works | 03:08 |
| Korny1 | I MAY try out a HDhomerun prime if comcast doesn't completely lock up their extended basic | 03:09 |
| Shadow__X | now that i looked up what sickbeard is you should refrain from mentioning that type of software in here | 03:09 |
| Korny1 | Ok | 03:09 |
| Shadow__X | i currently record over firewire from my stb and i have comcast | 03:09 |
| Shadow__X | i do not get premiums but i get most other channels | 03:10 |
| Korny1 | And thats the copy freely flag | 03:10 |
| Shadow__X | yes | 03:10 |
| Korny1 | Good to know | 03:10 |
| Korny1 | 3 tuner HD prime was only 249 not bad at all | 03:10 |
| Shadow__X | which should be what i get when i eventually get a hd homerun prime | 03:11 |
| Shadow__X | i will say what people get over copy freely can change | 03:11 |
| Korny1 | yeah | 03:11 |
| Shadow__X | so for example just because i get comedy central hd no problem you might not | 03:11 |
| Shadow__X | it all depends but it seems like for the most part comcast is the same | 03:11 |
| Korny1 | Yeah :/ For recording drives, does myth write to whatever drive has the most space? | 03:12 |
| Korny1 | Or have that ability to configure | 03:12 |
| Shadow__X | with storage groups it does leveling | 03:12 |
| Shadow__X | afaik that is | 03:12 |
| Shadow__X | i just have one recording drive and a big pool for storage | 03:12 |
| Korny1 | So it is possible to record a show and commercial flag an then have myth cut the commercials and then re-encode all automatically for archiving | 03:15 |
| Shadow__X | afaik yes | 03:15 |
| Korny1 | nice, I'm used to having to use plugins with sage to do that | 03:15 |
| Shadow__X | by default mythtv commflags everything it records | 03:15 |
| Shadow__X | so when you watch it the show will have cutlists | 03:16 |
| Korny1 | yep I have those now, and then I have it archive it after I watch it | 03:16 |
| Korny1 | with the comercials cut out | 03:16 |
| Shadow__X | yeah you can do that | 03:17 |
| Korny1 | Shadow__X, this sounds silly, but my biggest worry is setting up the remote for the front ends lol | 03:17 |
| Korny1 | I don't know why | 03:17 |
| Shadow__X | well if you have mce remotes mythbuntu control center makes it painless | 03:17 |
| Korny1 | I've read there are a variety of remotes, some which emulate a keyboard, some a mouse, I just want to make sure I get a good one not a super cheap japanese knockoff | 03:18 |
| Korny1 | errr | 03:18 |
| Korny1 | Chinese knockoff | 03:18 |
| Shadow__X | my remote looks like this one | 03:20 |
| Shadow__X | http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=15-116-057-Z01&SpinSet=15-116-057-RS&ISList=15-116-057-Z01%2c15-116-057-Z02%2c15-116-057-Z03%2c15-116-057-Z04%2c15-116-057-Z05&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16815116057&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=Hauppauge%20WinTV-HVR%201600%20MCE%20Kit%20Bundle%201388%20PCI%20Interface | 03:20 |
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| Shadow__X | but honestly afaik most remotes that say mce remote with a usb dongle should work | 03:20 |
| Korny1 | So something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121001&cm_re=MCE_remote-_-80-121-001-_-Product would work? | 03:22 |
| Zinn | [www.newegg.com] Newegg.com - AVS Gear HA-IR01SV Infrared Certified MCE VISTA Remote Control | 03:22 |
| Shadow__X | Korny1: yeah that should work. Also you could go to #mythtv-users and ask there about going from sagetv to mythtv | 03:24 |
| Korny1 | Thank you for your help and input btw | 03:24 |
| Shadow__X | yup | 03:25 |
| qwebirc41656 | I'm wondering if someone can give me some help trying to setup a new install of mythbuntu. I downloaded the latest image (11.04 - checksums correct) and booted from the CD and attempted a full install but it just hung for over 24 hours after choosing installation type. System is a Asus P6T motherboard (X58), i7 920, 12GB ram, 240 SSD main drive and 4 other hard drives, nvidia 470 gfx card, hauppauge 2250 tuner. I'm curren | 03:59 |
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