MythTV
Current Picks
Tuner
Hauppauge - WinTV-quadHD
PCI Express slot, x1
System Research 2017-10-05
99 + 55 + 45 + 80 + 60 + 26 + 115 => 480
$55 at newegg ASRock A68M-ITX R2.0 FM2+ / FM2 AMD
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Or
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500GB for $26 at newegg Refurb. Western Digital WD AV-GP WD5000AVDS 500GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal AV Hard Drive Bare Drive-WD5000AVDS-FR
4TB for $115 at newegg Seagate BarraCuda ST4000DM005 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
System Research 2017-09-25
230 + 99 + 100 => 429
$230 at newegg HP Desktop PC 8100 Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz 8 GB 1 TB HDD Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz VS AMD A8-7650K
$99 at hauppage.com WinTV-quadHD board
$100 at newegg Seagate SkyHawk 3TB Surveillance Hard Drive 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" ST3000VX010
System Research 2017-09-24
99 + 75 + 50 + 153 + 215 + 50 + 100 => 742
hauppauge.com/ WinTV-quadHD
$99 at hauppage.com WinTV-quadHD board
$75 at newegg Motherboard - ASRock AB350M Pro4 AM4 AMD
Brand ASRock
Model AB350M Pro4
CPU Socket Type AM4
CPU Type A-Series / Ryzen Series
Chipset AMD Promontory B350
Maximum Memory Supported 64GB
4 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s Connectors, support RAID, NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s) (with Ryzen Series CPU) or Gen3 x2 (16Gb/s) (with A-Series APU)
1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0Gb/s module
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
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$215 at newegg AMD RYZEN 5 1600 6-Core 3.2 GHz (3.6 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W YD1600BBAEBOX Desktop Processor
$50 at newegg Toshiba P300 500GB PC Desktop Hard Drive 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 Inch
$100 at newegg Seagate SkyHawk 3TB Surveillance Hard Drive 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" ST3000VX010
mythtv.org - Open source DVR
mythbuntu
Mythbuntu is an official Ubuntu flavor focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV based Digital Video Recorder (DVR) system. It can be used to prepare a standalone system or for integration with an existing MythTV network. Unlike similar projects, Mythbuntu keeps close ties with Ubuntu and all development is given back to Ubuntu. This architecture allows simple conversions from a standard desktop to a Mythbuntu machine and vice versa. The development cycle of Mythbuntu mirrors that of Ubuntu.
Nov. 4, 2015 - Mythbuntu as separate distro ended
Mythbuntu as a separate distribution will cease to exist. We will take the necessary steps to pull Mythbuntu specific packages from the repositories (17.04 and later) unless someone steps up to take these packages over. MythTV packages in the official repositories and the Mythbuntu PPA will continue to be available and updated at their current rate.
Desktop
Mythbuntu uses the XFCE desktop. All unnecessary standard Ubuntu applications such as LibreOffice, Evolution, and a full Gnome desktop are not installed in a default Mythbuntu install. If at any time a user wants to, they can install ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, or xubuntu-desktop and add a full desktop onto their installation. This can easily be done via the Mythbuntu Control Centre.
Schedules Direct
The cost of membership is currently US$25/year, with a 7 day free trial. A 2 month membership is also available for US$6 for those who do not wish to commit to an entire year.
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forums.schedulesdirect.org Developers for JSON API: Read Me
by rkulagow » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:03 pm
If you’re a developer, please send me a private message and let me know: (grabber @ schedulesdirect . org )
The name that you’ll be using to develop your grabber. If you’d like a dedicated account, please create one at the Schedules Direct website and let me know the name you’re using. Developer accounts will have relaxed restrictions on the number of lineups they can have in their account, how many add/deletes can be performed, etc.
The project that you’re developing for.
The Wiki at github.com/SchedulesDirect has an explanation of how to use the API and what the responses look like.
There is an example grabber application at github.com/SchedulesDirect which implements a grabber for MythTV, but can also be used in stand-alone mode.
Please log bugs / feature requests at at github.com/SchedulesDirect
If it’s logged, it’s easier to triage. If there’s something in the XML service that’s not in the JSON service that would make your life easier, please open a ticket.
You will still be bound by the Subscription Agreement linked on the home page of Schedules Direct. You are not permitted to use the JSON service with a commercial product or to redistribute the data; the JSON service is for personal use only and your grabber must be free.
Please use the Developers Corner forum to ask questions, or #schedulesdirect on freenode.
mythtv - Digital Tuner Cards
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Digital_Tuner_Cards digital Tuner Cards
ATSC
This standard is primarily used in North America, and consists of MPEG2 video with AC3 audio. For the official list of supported devices, please see the LinuxTV wiki
Hauppauge - WinTV-quadHD - $96 at amazon
linuxtv.org/wiki Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD (ATSC)
PCIe card - Inputs: antenna (1), remote - 4 tuners
All 4 tuners working with current Linux Media tree. Included in Linux Kernel version 4.9
Monitors
Alternatives
tvheadend.org/
Tvheadend is a TV streaming server and recorder for Linux, FreeBSD and Android supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, ISDB-T, IPTV, SAT>IP and HDHomeRun as input sources.
Tvheadend offers the HTTP (VLC, MPlayer), HTSP (Kodi, Movian) and SAT>IP streaming.
Multiple EPG sources are supported (over-the-air DVB and ATSC including OpenTV DVB extensions, XMLTV, PyXML).
The Analog video (V4L) is supported directly up to version 3.4. In recent version, the pipe:// source (in IPTV network) might be used to obtain the MPEG-TS stream generated by ffmpeg/libav from a V4L device.
Reseach a System
What computer and distro?
Tuners
Hauppauge product page Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD
model 01609: WinTV-quadHD
with four sets of ATSC and clear QAM receivers
PCI Express slot, x1
ATSC over-the-air digital TV features:
- ATSC is free over-the-air HD TV. ATSC is broadcast in the US and Canada, and does not require a subscription. ATSC is HD and FREE!
- WinTV-quadHD has four ATSC over-the-air digital TV tuners. Supports all ATSC formats, up to the highest HD format
- Watch, pause or record up to four ATSC digital TV programs using high quality MPEG-2. TV recordings will typically consume 5 GB of disk space per hour for ATSC high definition
- Built-in antenna splitter allows you to make one connection to an ATSC antenna but watch and record up to 4 channels
Silicondust HDHomeRun Plus
Silicondust HDHomeRun Plus https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Plus
HDHomeRun (the current HDHR4 version, with DLNA support) https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust_HDHomeRun_Dual
Silicondust HDHomeRun Extend https://www.silicondust.com/product/hdhomerun-extend/
Silicondust HDHomeRun Connect https://www.silicondust.com/product/hdhomerun-connect/