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On 11/02/11 16:27, Shanon Loughton wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=W2BSSWE8cg95gyQye1F6E5Up6qrT4Yd=WLVDE@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">maybe ill just get the PS playtv add on... :p<br>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
It is one way, but be prepared to be disappointed. :( I was very
much. <br>
<br>
This is just my own experience (I have very high expectations from
such devices), others may like it, I did not. <br>
(Personally I think the PS3 interface is not geared towards such
things - high volume data/files lists)<br>
The only good thing I can say about the PlayTv device is that it
works on Linux. Period. Nothing Else. Oh wait, it was a b/day gift
from the wife, that's another ;)<br>
<br>
Tried using it for months as my main recording PVR, and just finally
gave up. <br>
<br>
It hardly ever recorded the right schedule times. (seems it does not
update the set schedules to what the actual schedules become -
programs seem to change scheduled times often enough to make that an
issue - I wonder if the TV channels do that on purpose to prevent
recordings?), and in most cases the PS3 either have to stay on to
enable the recording (they say it should not, but they (sony) lie))<br>
Try and play a game whilst it is recording and the game stutters
badly.<br>
<br>
Also in Australia the capability to save your recordings to external
media is disabled. <br>
The whole thing seemed a bit haphazard/not well done. Very
disappointed in sony for that.<br>
<br>
I was very happy a few years back when I got my first PS3, had high
hopes to use it as my main PVR/frontend to media, <br>
and after many months of just frustrating dissatisfaction, I
reverted back to XBMC/MythTv setup.<br>
<br>
I now use it for what it is best : play games and watch BD's,
nothing else. Nice hardware, Pitty it is so locked down. Even
running linux on it was a great disappointment.<br>
<br>
Note:<br>
<br>
Did you see my PS3/mediatomb movie poster setup? Makes the display
in the PS3 with mediatomb a bit nicer, as you get the movie posters
as the icons :)<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/mediatomb-movie-posters.html">http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/mediatomb-movie-posters.html</a><br>
<br>
-Lucas<br>
<br>
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=W2BSSWE8cg95gyQye1F6E5Up6qrT4Yd=WLVDE@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Lucas
van Staden <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lvs@dedmeet.com">lvs@dedmeet.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);
padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> That plugin is still
active and works pretty well. called MythBox - <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://code.google.com/p/mythbox/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/mythbox/</a><br>
<br>
I use it in conjunction with the 'built-in' mythtv//
protocol, which you set as a source to video content, in
XBMC.<br>
The built in mythtv// protocol is just to do playback, and
makes it easier to get to the recordings from mythtv. <br>
<font color="#888888"> <br>
-Lucas</font>
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<div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11/02/11 16:03, Alvin Teh wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">A long long long time
ago, i saw a plugin for XBMC where you can
control a MythTv backend to do schedule
recording. It might still be available.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">XBMC is only a
frontend player, so it does not have any
recording capabilities itself, however I believe
the guys at XBMC is working on it. (Don’t wait
for it as it may be a while before it’s
implemented)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:
10pt; color: windowtext;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;"
lang="EN-US"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au"
target="_blank">plug-bounces@plug.org.au</a>
[<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au"
target="_blank">mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lucas van Staden<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 11 February 2011 3:57
PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au"
target="_blank">plug@plug.org.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [plug] MythTV project</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<br>
<br>
On 11/02/11 15:47, Shanon Loughton wrote: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">My
ubuntu media server is not connected to my tv - i
use mediatomb to serve and ps3 to play it all. If
I replace mediatomb with xmbc on the ubuntu server
can you control the record settings through the
ps3 client?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Mediatomb and XBMC are two very different things.<br>
<br>
XBMC can serve its files to your network, but I am
not sure if that is compatible with the PS3 (have
never tried that)<br>
XBMC is only a playback frontend, cannot do any
recording, for tat you need MythTV (as one
example), which can also serve the files to your
network (I forget the term right now). <br>
again not sure if the PS3 can be used for picking
up that served content from MythTv.<br>
<br>
The PS3 client is just a playback service, so no,
you cannot set any schedules with it to mythtv.
(that I am aware of)<br>
<br>
I stopped using my PS3 as a frontend client a long
time ago as the interface is very
cumbersome/lacking.<br>
<br>
-Lucas<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Shanon<br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:27
PM, Lucas van Staden <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lvs@dedmeet.com" target="_blank">lvs@dedmeet.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11/02/11 13:43, Tim
Bowden wrote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all the advice.
WAF is a big factor here, so I'd like to<br>
get it right before I roll it out.<br>
<br>
It looks like I'll go with a Micro ATX
motherboard for the PCI slots.<br>
I'd like to run a separate back end system,
but at the moment that's<br>
not practical. I've got nowhere out of the
way to run a 24/7 noisy<br>
backend system as I had to give up my study a
while back for a kids<br>
bedroom, and won't get one back till we move.
I have an old AMD-64<br>
dual core system lying around with a dead
motherboard that would make<br>
an excellent back end if I could find a new
motherboard for it. If I<br>
could find a Micro ATX motherboard that would
still take it, I'd<br>
consider it as as a front end, but I suspect
it would be a bit noisy<br>
with the cooling it would need.<br>
<br>
Interesting with the xbmc option Lucas. What
are the advantages of<br>
that over using the MythTV front end with
MythVideo/Music plugins?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mostly mine is WAF related.
(look and feel/ease of use)<br>
<br>
Last time I used mythtv frontend was a bout 4
years ago, and wife did not like the interface
at all.<br>
Tried skin after skin after skin....<br>
<br>
xbmc just LOOKS way better than any of the
mythtv skins/screen layouts that I have seen and
tried.<br>
I started using it a long time ago when I did
not have mythtv running, as I had no need to
record stuff (had a pvr box that did that job
back in the UK)<br>
and just wanted a frontend to view d/loaded
content. and stuck with it.<br>
<br>
I am very happy with it, and I myself think it
is way better looking than mythtv's frontend,
and simpler to use.<br>
<br>
Now that xbmc is gearing towards integrating
their frontend with as many PVR backends as they
can (mythtv seeming to be a main one), it keeps
the frontend the same no matter what backend I
am using, which again comes back to WAF.<br>
<br>
Other than that, not much else, off the top of
my head.<br>
<br>
The xbmc plugins are great (and there are MANY),
easy to install using just the menus, no
technical requirements, so wife can install her
own plugins as she sees fit.<br>
<br>
Can't comment on the music side, as I do not use
that at all. (xbmc or mythtv - I find those
interfaces really cumbersome, but not as bad as
the PS3 interface to music - try and browse a
couple of thousand songs there! using just a
remote)<br>
<br>
Our music is run on the same mini-itx box (as it
is next to the amp), but the interface we use is
MiniRok, which I run over the network via xorg's
network transparency stuff (and dxpc), and it
allows the wife to play music using her own
actual pc, which sits in the dining room area.
(easy navigation/searching etc using actual kb
and mouse - but the music blasts out over the
amp)<br>
<br>
see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/remote-music-player.html"
target="_blank">http://www.dedmeet.com/software-projects-mainmenu-12/remote-music-player.html</a>
(little bit dated. Changed teh way i used dxpc
to allow swapping teh display about and I had
wired the whole house with cat6e since then.
Also, we have moved on to MiniRok, which my wife
likes the most of all music players tried.- it
is simple, fast, and uses file navigation, not
mp3 tags.)<br>
<br>
Minirok is run using dxpc, which is a
compression layer and speeds things up, not much
use on the homes gigabit network now, but it has
one huge advantage:<br>
Minirok is always running on the mini-itx box,
inside a dxpc session, so I can just connect to
that session via a call from any pc in the home
(all linux of course)<br>
<br>
So, I can 'seamlessly' swap the display from one
pc to another, and the music is not interrupted.<br>
Great for parties!<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
-Lucas</span> </p>
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