[PLUG] MythTV?

[King Beowulf]

Setting up a DTV antenna won't be a problem anywhere in the house. I
built a DIY antenna an hung it on a hook next the the 1080p LCD TV
(pretty much center of house). The signal is digital and pokes through
a house like a hot knife through butter. Antenna signal degradation is
an analog problem from the TV Dark Ages.

All modern HDTVs have built in DTV tuners - just make sure the card
you use for MythTV has one as well, then you won't need converters.
You will need to be pretty far out, and in an RF shadow (Mt Hood) not
to pick up Portlands DTV broadcasts.

I haven't used MythTV in a while (had an analog tuner back in NM) so I
might give the new version a try on Slackware.

Ed


On 6/19/13, C W <elcaseti at gmail.com> wrote:
>  "It may be possible to put an antenna in the attic. How
> well does UHF travel through cedar shingles?"
>
> Having a UHF telly antenna inside or in attic should reduce your signal by
> about 50%.  However, your antenna should last a lot longer before being
> degraded by the elements.  So, as long as your reception to your fav
> stations is strong enough, it's probably worth it to put your antenna in
> the attic.  You can test it out on the roof vs. in the attic 1st.   You can
> use a small TV & one of those ATSC converter boxes, or if you have a small
> atsc TV.  Let us know what you find.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Elcaset
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Richard C. Steffens
> <rsteff at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> On 06/18/2013 06:51 PM, John Meissen wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm running Myth under Ubuntu 12.04 (Mythbuntu 12.04 64-bit). I can't
>> say I've
>> > had any real problems with it. The Mythbuntu.org support page has a
>> number of
>> > links, including to the MythTV wiki at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki.
>> >
>> > Was there something specific mentioned about 12.04?
>>
>> The one I recall seeing was some conflict with Unity, but I don't find
>> it this morning. But maybe that was upgrading rather than a fresh
>> install.
>>
>> >> BTW, my plan will be to record HDTV content from an antenna, and not
>> >> to
>> >> record programming from cable.
>> > That's what I'm doing. My intent was to cut the cord with
>> Cable/Satellite and
>> > stop wasting $1,000+/year just to watch TV. I took the easy approach,
>> and got
>> > an HDHomerun. I was so happy with it I bought a 2nd later on. Stay away
>> from
>> > the HDHomerun Prime. The 3 tuners is tempting, but it's cable-only. And
>> for the
>> > same price you can get two 2-tuner units.
>>
>> Good to know. Thanks.
>>
>> > The only real problem I had was getting audio to work over HDMI using
>> > the
>> > internal on-board ATI hardware. I eventually gave up and got an
>> inexpensive
>> > (and fan-less) nVidia card, and use the proprietary driver.
>>
>> That might not be a real issue for me. I'm planning to set up the stereo
>> with the TV and route the sound through the good speakers anyway.
>>
>> > There's an annoying bug where it loses track of where it is if you're
>> watching
>> > live TV and the programming transitions to the next show... it works
>> > OK,
>> but
>> > always says it's at the end of the stream and doesn't skip
>> forward/backward
>> > very well. But I have no problems with recorded shows.
>>
>> It is extremely rare that we watch live TV anymore. We've been really
>> spoiled by the automatic commercial skip on recorded shows. I think the
>> last time we watched live was during the Super Bowl when we actually
>> were interested in seeing the commercials -- well, some of them.
>>
>> > You'll also want to avoid using the OTA embedded channel guide data. If
>> there
>> > are any reception problems it will end up filling the logfile with
>> > error
>> > messages. Stick with Schedules Direct, it's worth the $25/yr.
>>
>> I have Schedules Direct in use on my ReplayTV.
>>
>> Thanks for the info.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick Steffens
>>
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