[ale] 2016 InstallFest

[householdwords at gmail.com (H P Ladds)]

DJ and crew, Let's have a Fest!  Late October? Let's stay away from the
holidays.

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:49 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> On 08/22/2016 08:58 PM, H P Ladds wrote:
> > Does the MythTV / Kodi enthusiasm mean a lack of interest in a embedded
> Linux Fest?
> >
> > I really hoped to do a Linux From Scratch install on the theory that
> knowing how
> > to "roll your own" Linux distro would assist in making single purpose
> devices.
> >
> > I'm happy to do some heavy lifting organizing (at minimum) a MythTV /
> Kodi
> > InstallFest. Does Schedules Direct still provide scheduling info? They
> sponsored
> > the last one.
>
> I just don't have any personal interest in embedded things.
> That doesn't mean others aren't interested.
>
> Never tried LFS. Back when I was doing stuff like this, we did it the hard
> way.
> Kernel compiles and tgz files to create a running system. It's been 20+
> yrs for me.
>
> I use Win7-MC schedule data - when it works. MSFT changed providers a year
> ago
> and 1 of my 2 recording boxes has never gotten new schedules since that
> point.
> Don't know anything about SD. Use HD-Homerun tuners here. Much easier to
> use
> inside a VM for recording than PCI-based cards. Plus the tuners can be
> closer to
> the antenna which helps with signal loss.  IMHO.  Standard ethernet is a
> good
> thing for a cross-house cable run.
>
> Would be worth pointing out that in the next 10 yrs, ATSC v3 will likely be
> approved and mpeg2 streams will be ended OTA.  They will switch to h.265
> video
> streaming which will break almost all our TVs and OTA tuners used today.
> http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-where-we-stand/  This partially
> explains why
> the h.264 video codec was given away. They won't do that with the h.265
> video
> codec.  Both ATSC and QAM tuners will be impacted as the stream type used
> merges
> regardless of physical transport.
>
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