User:Sususu

system still is very ungood but usable.

i started a tvpc project because i was upset with some features and failures of SRP 2410 i got before.

however the SRP is still what i would recommend for those who want an alternative to mythtv (since setting mythtv up is a b**ch)

1 satelite:Quad:digital dvb-s
- cables up to 25m
low duty lan/wlan network: 50% offline (power saving)
2lcd hd-tvs with hdmi and pc inputs (of course at two different sites)
- samsung lexxc750
- toshiba xxSL733G (recommend)

record all what i like
make it cheap
try to use less power
no mythtv sourcecode modification(i dont want to go down that road yet)
my folks have to be able to use it too (almost an impossible mission)
most recently Master-to-Master recording replication network access (have no idea how to call that in fact i would only use nfs and m2m delayed replication)

generally an ubuntu
mythtv ... later repository from mythbuntu
backend and frontend on same machine for independent use
irxevent
- remapping the MCE-remote-codes of the ir receiver
- mythtv cant distinguish between caps and non caps and certain metakey combinations
- it helps with dpms too
xautolock -time 10 -locker script -noclose
- script
  - that script should check the database
  - and only if it is not running
  - killall mythfrontend
DPMS for auto tv shutdown (my stupid tv says no signal at that ... however minutes later it shuts down)
- recently it appears this creates a problem with hddecoder (so i disabled it)
harmony 600 remote
master-A 2 master-B doubelling
- watch on master B what master A has recorded ... (if network and master A are running )
- this addresses the standalone system versus coupled system problematic ...
- still there are a few drawbacks ... since nfs was used premature loss of network can cause a problem
  - i tried to add the other backend data as slave backend data but it did not succeed yet

MythTV Version   : v0.24.1-1-g347cd24
MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
Network Protocol : 63
Library API      : 0.24.20110505-1

todo

master2master needs to be made better
kill mythfrontend when it hangs automatically (that will involve to process the log and act on certain conditions)
kill backend in the same way when it "hangs" (things like "all inputs are busy" while no recording is done)
check if it is recording as planed or kill/restart it (sometimes an recording doesnt start even though its scheduled and backend is accessible )
create a watchdog board (watch if the system is running correctly or if it is not starting when required ... later maybe display and CEC support )
make it use S3 instead of S5 (currently the hardware and drivers dont allow s3 to be used effectively)
remotely start the system (switch on)
HDMI-CEC switch off after some time (this requires to tap into the hdmi cable either directly or by extender)
creating scripts for proactive show scanning and recording based on the recording i made before (tivolike)

for some reason watching tv and switching chanel doesnt work, frontend hangs (didnt check the log yet)
- well apparently it had to do with a setting (BrowseAllTuners in tv-osd)