<div dir="auto">try plex dvr with hdhomerun<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 17, 2017 11:36 PM, "Byron Jeff" <<a href="mailto:byronjeff@clayton.edu">byronjeff@clayton.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:08:08PM -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 9:46 PM, Byron Jeff <[1]<a href="mailto:byronjeff@clayton.edu">byronjeff@clayton.edu</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 09:34:55PM -0400, Pete Hardie wrote:<br>
> > Byron, would you be willing to answer some questions about your<br>
> setup?<br>
> Sure.<br>
> > I'm looking to replace my ailing ReplayTVs with a more flexible<br>
> DVR<br>
> > system, and have not yet found a good solution<br>
> All solutions seem to have their challenges. Mine is one that so far<br>
> I can<br>
> live with.<br>
> BAJ<br>
><br>
> My main problem is finding a way to get cable and/or OTA channels for<br>
> live viewing and recording. I assume that Plex or Kodi will provide a<br>
> replay and streaming solution.<br>
> --<br>
<br>
MythTV is what I use for both live viewing and recording. From a software<br>
standpoint it's the most stable part of my system. Hardware has been a<br>
challenge though. I'm on my third motherboard and my third video hard disk<br>
(a 3GB followed by 2 5GB) in a bit less than two years.<br>
<br>
I'm using Kodi for frontends. Not really as stable as I'd like. Tends to<br>
peg the CPU and lock up at random times.<br>
<br>
My latest front end test is with a MiBox sold at WalMart. While it looks<br>
like it has the horsepower to be a decent front end, streaming even<br>
from the MythTV box on the same network is choppy on a good day. I've read<br>
a couple of reports of better responses with a USB to ethernet connector.<br>
It's something I may try next month.<br>
<br>
The final piece is capture hardware. Cable works pretty well with<br>
CableCards. I have two of them in two HDHomeRun Primes, which carry 3<br>
tuners each. So I can LiveTV or record up to 6 times simultaneously.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
<br>
BAJ<br>
<br>
> Pete Hardie<br>
> --------<br>
> Better Living Through Bitmaps<br>
><br>
> References<br>
><br>
> 1. mailto:<a href="mailto:byronjeff@clayton.edu">byronjeff@clayton.edu</a><br>
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