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<blockquote data-quote="znelbok" data-source="post: 699100" data-attributes="member: 109756"><p>Hi all</p><p></p><p>I found media portal from playing with xbmc (again).</p><p></p><p>I am interested in upgrading my topfield SD PVR to a HD capable unit, but I thought I had better look at a solution like this first.</p><p></p><p>One of my main concerns is reliability. It needs to work, no glitching, no tweaking all the time, set it up and let it go. Those of you who ar married will know the pain that you can suffer when the handbrake can;t do something she want's to do and would normally be able to do easily if you had just gone and bought the simple little box off the store shelf.........</p><p></p><p>Now because I am in Australia, I want to make sure I get the right gear best suited for our DTV system here. I have read the supported TV cards page and tried a search here, but there is so much information now that it could take me all year to work something out.</p><p></p><p>Here are my requirements</p><p></p><p>I want to use mediaportal as a back end server for recording FTA TV. minimum twin tuners, but four is probably a good number. I opten am recording two programs at once now, with overlaps preventing others from being recorded.</p><p></p><p>I want to use xbmc as the headend unit - a media center that can play all my media files and one that the family is used to using. xbmc has a plugin for mp, so that part is not an issue (yet!). MP itself will not be playing back anything, so I dont need video capabilities as such for that purpose.</p><p></p><p>Questions</p><p></p><p>What is a good DVB card for use in Australia?</p><p></p><p>Has anyone tried running MP in a virtualised environment - if so what tuner cards were used (USB or ethernet?)</p><p></p><p>Whats the best OS to use - since I am starting from scratch I might as well do it right first time?</p><p></p><p>What is the up-time expected of a system like this - can I rely on it to keepo the handbrake happy?</p><p></p><p>What are the epg options for aussies (those in Australia will know the dilema in obtaining epg data)?</p><p></p><p>Can I generate schedules automatically based on the EPG data. I currently collect the data daily and then the software I use looks for my shows and creates a timer event based on the times and channel in the epg - I have just about everything recorded automatically just in case I miss it.</p><p></p><p>Are there any Ethernet based DVB tuners available that work with MP?</p><p></p><p>Thanks guys for any help you give - and please bear with me as I work though all of this.</p><p></p><p>Mick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="znelbok, post: 699100, member: 109756"] Hi all I found media portal from playing with xbmc (again). I am interested in upgrading my topfield SD PVR to a HD capable unit, but I thought I had better look at a solution like this first. One of my main concerns is reliability. It needs to work, no glitching, no tweaking all the time, set it up and let it go. Those of you who ar married will know the pain that you can suffer when the handbrake can;t do something she want's to do and would normally be able to do easily if you had just gone and bought the simple little box off the store shelf......... Now because I am in Australia, I want to make sure I get the right gear best suited for our DTV system here. I have read the supported TV cards page and tried a search here, but there is so much information now that it could take me all year to work something out. Here are my requirements I want to use mediaportal as a back end server for recording FTA TV. minimum twin tuners, but four is probably a good number. I opten am recording two programs at once now, with overlaps preventing others from being recorded. I want to use xbmc as the headend unit - a media center that can play all my media files and one that the family is used to using. xbmc has a plugin for mp, so that part is not an issue (yet!). MP itself will not be playing back anything, so I dont need video capabilities as such for that purpose. Questions What is a good DVB card for use in Australia? Has anyone tried running MP in a virtualised environment - if so what tuner cards were used (USB or ethernet?) Whats the best OS to use - since I am starting from scratch I might as well do it right first time? What is the up-time expected of a system like this - can I rely on it to keepo the handbrake happy? What are the epg options for aussies (those in Australia will know the dilema in obtaining epg data)? Can I generate schedules automatically based on the EPG data. I currently collect the data daily and then the software I use looks for my shows and creates a timer event based on the times and channel in the epg - I have just about everything recorded automatically just in case I miss it. Are there any Ethernet based DVB tuners available that work with MP? Thanks guys for any help you give - and please bear with me as I work though all of this. Mick [/QUOTE]
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