I am happy to say that I now possess two Windows based laptops that each have the Mythtv frontend software built natively on them. The Mythtv devs have been very busy over the lasts couple of weeks putting together a server to host all of the Mythtv dependencies – MinGW, MSYS, etc – so that the build script will reliably […]
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Introducing TunerSalad! (aka I need more tuners…) Now that the Ceton InfiniTV 4 has been released, are four CableCARD tuners just not enough? The My Channel Logos (MCL) Development Team has answered your prayers (well complaints). Before showing off how easy the MCL Development Team has made it, let me emphasize three things: TunerSalad is only for personal, non-commercial use. […]
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First, let me start off with an apology. I’ve been burning the midnight oil but still have some tests left for Part II of my Ceton InfiniTV 4 review. It is getting there and if you do have any questions, please ask. With the delay in Part II and consequently Part III I wanted to share some hopefully helpful […]
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8/10 UPDATE: The unit arrived this morning! Absolutely beautiful. Haven’t had a chance to play with it much yet, but thought I would share the picture! A bit of a history lesson–I have been putting off buying a new HDTV for quite some time. When I first moved to the bay area about 4-5 years ago, I bought a used […]
Read moreMinor update, Hauppauge added another registry key so the version being released will be 1.0.28190. The only change is that the FlushOnChannelChange registry was split into two settings, FlushOnChannelChange and PauseOnChannelChange. We were lucky enough to get early access to a forthcoming updated beta driver, 1.0.28188, from Hauppauge for their HD PVR support for Windows Media Center. Normally we […]
Read moreIt seems that it’s been a while since I last updated my blog. At that time I was looking at running the various Mythtv-based linux distrobutions. Among the distrobutions that I had mentioned are Mythdora, Mythbuntu and LinHES. At the time, I had tested Mythdora. Well, I recently found myself with a bit of free time so I decided to load […]
Read moreAs a consequence of George’s [Skirge] well deserved ridicule in this week’s Blu-ray Releases thread, I realized I was a sucker for epics and I am guessing George is as well (*cough* Waterworld *cough*). You may further mock me for leaping from Waterworld and Dances with Wolves to timeless classics such as The Battle of Algiers, Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus, […]
Read moreRecently, my normally rock-solid HTPC client has been locking up and turning off every so often. I had been thinking it was a memory issue and swapping some of the chips out and/or putting them in different slots seemed to make it work again. This, in spite of the fact that memtest showed no issues at all. I was beginning […]
Read moreI’ve been happily chugging along with my SageTV server /client setup for some time now. After 2 major snowstorms here in the northeast, accumulating a very unusual 48+ inches, only to be followed shortly thereafter by 2 rainstorms, which wound up with FEMA assistance coming in to some areas, we are now coming to the end of our first–quite early […]
Read moreHey guys. Here’s a little tidbit that I thought I should share. I was at Sea World yesterday with the family and while we were waiting to get on one of the rides in the kids play area the ride attendant directed that we "secure all cameras, video cameras, cell phones and Ipads." I don’t think that this is part […]
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