2007-10-21, 08:45 PM
First of all let me introduce myself. I'm John, and I'm an electrical contractor looking for options for both my own house and future clients of mine.
I'm currently very interested in the field of TV and media distribution, and I've been testing out a couple of Linux based options (LinuxMCE, and MythTV). Whilst they both do exactly what I'm after, both have proven to be full of bugs, and since I take pride in my work, I wouldn't be happy supplying a system that I knew to be somewhat of a trouble maker.
So my question is this, what is gbpvr capable of?
Using Linux I can have a hefty backend machine, which has all of the capture devices and storage, and in each room a basic machine acting as a portal to the data on the backend.
So for instance using MythV I can rip a DVD to the backends hard drive in perfect quality, complete with menus, dolby 5.1, and DTS where available, then watch it in any room with a front end machine.
It also goes without saying that I can also watch an actual DVD in any room with a frontend machine.
I can also watch DVB-t and DVB-s in any room with a frontend machine, without having to have a capture card in that machine. The data is simply retrieved from the backend machine.
I can also pause, rewind, and record TV in any room.
And depending on the performance of the backend machine, it can supply several frontends with data at once.
I have browsed the features page of the main website, but it doesn't really go into the physical layout possibilities, so I've turned to you guys for some info.
Thanks in advance for any help
I'm currently very interested in the field of TV and media distribution, and I've been testing out a couple of Linux based options (LinuxMCE, and MythTV). Whilst they both do exactly what I'm after, both have proven to be full of bugs, and since I take pride in my work, I wouldn't be happy supplying a system that I knew to be somewhat of a trouble maker.
So my question is this, what is gbpvr capable of?
Using Linux I can have a hefty backend machine, which has all of the capture devices and storage, and in each room a basic machine acting as a portal to the data on the backend.
So for instance using MythV I can rip a DVD to the backends hard drive in perfect quality, complete with menus, dolby 5.1, and DTS where available, then watch it in any room with a front end machine.
It also goes without saying that I can also watch an actual DVD in any room with a frontend machine.
I can also watch DVB-t and DVB-s in any room with a frontend machine, without having to have a capture card in that machine. The data is simply retrieved from the backend machine.
I can also pause, rewind, and record TV in any room.
And depending on the performance of the backend machine, it can supply several frontends with data at once.
I have browsed the features page of the main website, but it doesn't really go into the physical layout possibilities, so I've turned to you guys for some info.
Thanks in advance for any help
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