[mythtv-users] using replay's hardware

[Jim Chandler]

I just bought one of these from Circuit City for $70 AR.  Here is the
scoop:

- Works great with the videos recorded on my MythTV box via the PVR-250s
- REQUIRES a Win 2000/XP computer to act as it's server (Hauppauge, write
a Linux version!!!)
- The MediaMVP itself runs Linux and has a hardware decoder.

I've just started testing, but this shows real promise as a cheap front
end.  I have an SMB share of my video directory.  I need to work on a Perl
script that creates symbolic links to the nuv file with a sane name and a
.mpg at the end.  This is needed for the MediaMVP to recognize it as an
mpeg file.  It shows the JPG files in my pictures directory just fine.  It
will only recognize MP3 format for the music, so I might have to re-encode
my CDs again, if I want this functionality.

Sure you won't be able to have all the MythTV functions a normal frontend
does, but with an existing 2000/XP box somewhere on the network, its a
good cheap alternative to a full blown MythTV frontend.

Jim

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:23:08 -0600
"Kevin Kuphal" <kevin.kuphal at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> 
> Have you looked at devices like:
> 
> http://www.hauppauge.com/html/mediamvp_datasheet.htm
> 
> I think buy.com sells them for $85 USD
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of David Bishop
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:52 PM
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] using replay's hardware
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I actually was more interested in having something that plays 
> > mp3s/oggs/etc., divx's of t.v. shows I have archived, and 
> > various other 
> > things that only Myth offers, via various modules.  I don't 
> > have cable or 
> > satellite, and have only a small number of shows that I watch 
> > on a weekly 
> > basis (Scrubs, Tru Calling, and um, that's it I think).  So 
> > it's quite 
> > possible that the replay hardware wouldn't be able to keep 
> > up, even if I 
> > could get linux on it (what type/speed cpu, for instance? I 
> > know tivo has 
> > some 50Mhz thing that can't decode divx).  But like I said, 
> > the formfactor 
> > and bundled remote makes the replay a tempting-looking machine.
> > 
> > On Tuesday 20 January 2004 11:37 am, John P. Poet wrote:
> > <snip great explanation of what Replay offers>
> > --  
> > D.A.Bishop
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-- 
Jim
N0VH