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Media PC - My Wired House
http://mywiredhouse.net/our-systems/media-pc
Guide to building a MythTV HTPC. Our media PC is the household TV. It fetches TV schedules, records digital TV, and plays back movies, recorded shows, and our music collection. Its known as “the myth box” to Wired Mum and I, and just “the TV” to the kids. 8221;, so I’ll leave the discussion there for this page, and direct you to my article on “Choosing the HTPC thats right for you” if you’re curious to know more. So, back to the topic at hand, our current HTPC. Here’s the hardware breakdown:. The cpu, mo...
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Steve's Ubuntu Tweaks: HTPC update - separating backend from frontend
http://stevesubuntutweaks.blogspot.com/2015/03/htpc-update-separating-backend-from.html
Making the user experience of Ubuntu Linux and MythTV just that little bit better. Monday, March 16, 2015. HTPC update - separating backend from frontend. After using the Atom-based HTPC for a while, I noticed it start to struggle in high load situations - like playing back HD TV while recording multiple streams, commercial flagging, trying picture-in -picture, running disk checks. I decided to upgrade the box to something a bit more powerful, so there’s a bit more headroom. Since I had recently had some...
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Guide to building a MythTV HTPC - My Wired House
http://mywiredhouse.net/articles/articlesguide-to-building-a-mythtv-htpc
Guide to building a MythTV HTPC. Guide to building a MythTV HTPC. NOTE – This is still a work-in-progress, but I figured posting something for now would at least be helpful to others. This guide isn’t about how to set up mythTV – thats covered plenty well enough from a software perspective on other sites and forums. Instead, I wanted to comment on a few of the less-considered parts, like how to choose the right video card, which remotes are good, and which tuners. Building a dedicated MythTV box. Once yo...
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Steve's Ubuntu Tweaks: March 2015
http://stevesubuntutweaks.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html
Making the user experience of Ubuntu Linux and MythTV just that little bit better. Monday, March 16, 2015. HTPC update - separating backend from frontend. After using the Atom-based HTPC for a while, I noticed it start to struggle in high load situations - like playing back HD TV while recording multiple streams, commercial flagging, trying picture-in -picture, running disk checks. I decided to upgrade the box to something a bit more powerful, so there’s a bit more headroom. Since I had recently had some...