2013-09-09, 09:10 AM
Well here are the questions in order, folks. I did a but load of searching here; and some I had no relevant hits (#1 for example). Others referenced GBPVR which I take it has been morphed into what NPVR is today, and was unsure if/how that info applied. More background later in post.
1. USB-UIRT - this is supported via the IRSS plugin. Ok. Sage allowed me to have more than one of these units by defining device_number in Dave's .ir file. Any such support here, since the IRT can support 3 zones, and I have 4 hd STBs (uverse)?
2. Colossus/HDpvr - I have 4 of these devices - namely 3x colossus, 1xhdpvr. Current setup is component + RCA with stb fixed at 1080i. I am able to get video preview on the server side from only 1. The others give me a noAudioVideo but preview/work fine in sage or the Win tv app. Ideas?
3. Got the schedule direct plugin going on server side, set up account with 2 lineups: my local uverse lineup, and my local ota lineup (I have 3xhdhr dual units on the network so as not to waste uverse "tuners" for local recordings.). Channels are populated but no data in guide.
4. Stuck on where to go from here but the above would get me on my way. I think I would need to assign channels to the colossi/hdpvr inputs or HD Hr net tuners as appropriate.
Media portal looked promising but it's a total mess on he tvserver side. Then I found xbmc will use NPVR as a tv back end, and figured I could do something with that. Right now I am split wih sage doing recordings but running out of java heap with the colossus units, hdpvr and 6xota tuners. MCE7 does my movies + pdvd and Netflix plugin including 3d blu. I would like to unify, and like the cross platform prospect of xbmc as a client since we have macs and pcs floating around.
The "server" is virtualized on esxi 5 with the colossi x 3, and an entire usb3 controller passed thru, along with an M1510, and the onboard intel Sata (z68 i5 2400) controller for time shift/DVr storage. The M1510 leads to an external large JBOD array with built in expander.
Clients are mostly win7 i3 itx boxes with hd3000 graphics allowing bit streaming etc. small ssds to boot them.
1. USB-UIRT - this is supported via the IRSS plugin. Ok. Sage allowed me to have more than one of these units by defining device_number in Dave's .ir file. Any such support here, since the IRT can support 3 zones, and I have 4 hd STBs (uverse)?
2. Colossus/HDpvr - I have 4 of these devices - namely 3x colossus, 1xhdpvr. Current setup is component + RCA with stb fixed at 1080i. I am able to get video preview on the server side from only 1. The others give me a noAudioVideo but preview/work fine in sage or the Win tv app. Ideas?
3. Got the schedule direct plugin going on server side, set up account with 2 lineups: my local uverse lineup, and my local ota lineup (I have 3xhdhr dual units on the network so as not to waste uverse "tuners" for local recordings.). Channels are populated but no data in guide.
4. Stuck on where to go from here but the above would get me on my way. I think I would need to assign channels to the colossi/hdpvr inputs or HD Hr net tuners as appropriate.
Media portal looked promising but it's a total mess on he tvserver side. Then I found xbmc will use NPVR as a tv back end, and figured I could do something with that. Right now I am split wih sage doing recordings but running out of java heap with the colossus units, hdpvr and 6xota tuners. MCE7 does my movies + pdvd and Netflix plugin including 3d blu. I would like to unify, and like the cross platform prospect of xbmc as a client since we have macs and pcs floating around.
The "server" is virtualized on esxi 5 with the colossi x 3, and an entire usb3 controller passed thru, along with an M1510, and the onboard intel Sata (z68 i5 2400) controller for time shift/DVr storage. The M1510 leads to an external large JBOD array with built in expander.
Clients are mostly win7 i3 itx boxes with hd3000 graphics allowing bit streaming etc. small ssds to boot them.