[ale] cord cutting for TV, SiliconDust, MythTV, recording to PC, etc.,

[savithari at gmail.com (Narahari 'n' Savitha)]

Never mind $50 motherboard and $50 CPU.  Sorry this didnt flash earlier to
me :(

-N

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is plex server a software that you run on a PC and it has a nice interface
> to SiliconDust to schedule recordings ?
>
> Is Kodi a nice interface  on my HTPC that connects to the plex server and
> helps navigate the recordings (I presume live tv as well) ?
>
> Didnt understand the $50MB and the $50 Intel CPU comment you made, JD, can
> u elaborate ?
>
> -N
>
> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:20 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's stuff on TV worth watching?
>>
>> OK, Archer.
>>
>> On Apr 9, 2017 4:32 PM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Rather serendipitously, I am looking again at getting off my ass and
>>> making a DVR solution that is not at the mercy of custom hardware.
>>> My 3rd ReplayTV appears to be dying (power supply or motherboard - I've
>>> already done a disk replacement), and I'm tired of the dance to get those
>>> boxes working.
>>>
>>> I'm not looking to cut the cord so much as break free from the tyranny
>>> of the schedule.
>>>
>>> Has anyone seen a good reference for getting an RPi to record OTA or
>>> from a cable box?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 4:06 PM, William Bagwell <rb211 at tds.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday 09 April 2017, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>>>> > Antennas are like real estate - location, location, location. If you
>>>> are
>>>> > in a valley without line of sight to the transmission towers,
>>>> > forgetaboutit. Keep paying dish/cable guys and move on with your life
>>>> ...
>>>> > or put up a high pole with an antenna facing the correct direction.
>>>> TVfool
>>>> > can let you try out different ground heights to see how much it
>>>> matters.
>>>> >  10 ft higher DOES MATTER.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the link! Sadly I am in a valley and even with an ~37' out
>>>> side
>>>> antenna all Atlanta stations are shown as "Edge" at TVfool. Actually get
>>>> most of them well enough except channel two which fades out at times.
>>>> Played
>>>> with virtually running my antenna up to 60' with none improving to line
>>>> of
>>>> site.
>>>>
>>>> BTW channel 14 may be based in Rome but they broadcast from near
>>>> Waleska.
>>>> Still probably the most distant station for many, but my closest and
>>>> only
>>>> line of site station.
>>>> --
>>>> William
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Pete Hardie
>>> --------
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