[mythtv-users] MythTivo Content Aggrigator - Am I crazy?
Peter Pouliot
peter at pouliot.net
Mon Oct 4 11:58:37 EDT 2004
James, (and everyone else)
I'm actually wondering if I can use the mythtivo interface for this as
w/ all the tivo's I really don't have the need for another pvr.
p
On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 13:27, James Armstrong wrote:
> Peter Pouliot wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> > First time poster big time fan, so here's what I'm looking to do, am I
> > crazy. I'm looking to use MythTV/MythTivo as a front end to 4 Dtivo
> > units. In a nutshell, I currently have 4 directv/tivo (dtivo) units
> > doing the recording and want to use a mythtv/mythtivo fe/mini-itx box
> > as the means for getting to the content that is being recorded.
> >
> > The breakdown:
> >
> > * 3 DSR6000's + 1 Hughes Series Too DTivo w/ USB Network Card
> > * Currently I inject 2 (rf modulation) of the DSR6000's into my
> > basic cable (made
> > my internet cheaper) stream as channels (70,75 and ir)
> > * structured wiring (2 rg6/2 cat5e) throughout house (I have the
> > scars to show for it)
> > * Currently have a mini-itx/slimserver (go slimmy,sqz, and
> > slimdevices.com) and
> > need an excuse to builld another mini-itx server to make my
> > house rock!
> > * About to network/upgrade one of the DSR6000 w/ 9thT cache/nic
> > card. (came in today)
> > and need a reason to install software on the series too
> > * Goal hook up a tv/ir target/coax to wall/universal remote to
> > any 1 rg6 connection in any room and
> > have access to all dtivo/cable resources w/o additional hardware.
> > * Want to basically build a Tivo Cluster to work my biddings
> > * I'm a op monkey {(pp)roboscis}
> > * Also looking for more reasons to add the 2 other tivo's and a
> > mini-itx
> > Mythtv(fe) content aggrigator as channels 78, 82, 88 in my
> > basic channel stream.
> > am i crazy, and is it possible to make a mini-itx/mythtv box be
> > able to handle this?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > p
> >
> >
> >
> I've kinda of done this with my old series 1 Tivo and 9th tee card. It
> was a manual process, but I'm sure it can be automated. I used the
> tivoapp on my widows xp machine to get a list of shows from the Tivo
> then mark the ones I want to download and save them as mpeg2 files right
> to my Mythtv backend smb share. All you need to do then is import the
> files to Mythtv or save them them to the Video directory. There is no
> direct control of the Tivo box, just copied the old recordings off it.
> You can use the tivo scripts that are out there to schedule recordings
> via a web interface. Should be possible to write an interface between
> the two.
>
> - James
>
>
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