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Help with PVR (HTPC or off the shelf) - n00b!
Hi guys!
Some help very much appreciated here! I've recently moved into a flat with both a standard digital tv feed and five extra satellite channels through the same cable. My LG 32LS4600 picks up the standard free channels' names and EPG and saves them as DTV channels 1-30. The five sky channels come through as TV channels 1-5, without names and with no EPG or red button functionality. I'm looking at options for scheduled recording of tv shows and films and saving them to a hard disc. Ideally the solution will speak to my existing home setup (currently in the UK and shipping to NZ late 2013). The functionality to record those five sky channels is a must, as I'm a big EPL fan and the matches tend to be on at ridiculous hours in the morning. Back in the UK I have a series of squeezebox mounted O2 jogglers (for networked music), a 6TB media server running UNRAID and the squeezebox server software, and a couple of AppleTV2s running XBMC for video. I guess my absolute ideal would therefore be an XBMC solution with a dual tv tuner and some sort of add in to allow me to use it as a PVR - perhaps based on the Raspberry Pi platform. But would this let me record those channels that don't pick up the EPG? Could I 'teach' the software which channels they are? Or do I need an entirely different solution to get this to work? Thanks so much in advance for any and all help! |
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The Pi won't be powerful enough to use as a PVR, its fine decoding video but no good for encoding. However there are plenty of PC that require very little cooling that are up to the job. If you are willing to put something together then there are uATX options, have a look at quietpc.co.uk for ideas. else there are some pretty good pre-assembled systems, e.g.Acer Revo or even something like HP Microserver
Have you got some sort of set top box that the cable plugs into ? or are you hoping to plug the cable straight into your PVR ? |
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Ah, ok, thanks for the heads up. I guess I'm looking at something with a little more kick, then, though I'd like to keep it as slimline and low powered as possible - fast boot times are very important for me, I dread the idea of booting into windows (for example) and then waiting for something else to load. Ideally I'm looking for something that acts like an appliance but is open enough to work with my existing setup.
I don't have a set top box, no. Just a coax directly into the back of the LG. Any ideas? |
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Ah, ok, thanks for the heads up. I guess I'm looking at something with a little more kick, then, though I'd like to keep it as slimline and low powered as possible - fast boot times are very important for me, I dread the idea of booting into windows (for example) and then waiting for something else to load. Ideally I'm looking for something that acts like an appliance but is open enough to work with my existing setup.
I don't have a set top box, no. Just a coax directly into the back of the LG. Any ideas? |
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