What does this all mean!?!?

[d2tw4all]

A VMWare Appliance geared for free VMWare ESXi to me would be a good way to go... People could run it on VMWare Player if they insist on windows.

Last I tried the HDPVR on linux though (admittedly a while ago) it was super buggy. HDHomeruns were always very solid...

Pi frontend would RULE.

Tom

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by d2tw4all

Last I tried the HDPVR on linux though (admittedly a while ago) it was super buggy.

I run 2 HDPVRs, on Linux, and they both get used daily... I've never noticed any lag (or other issues) except for the power supply issue.

[stanger89]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

A pi would likely make a good enough client for most uses.. I don't think I'd ever consider it for a server. For me, one of the major advantages of using a PC DVR in the first place is the ability to do with my media as I please, including streaming it elsewhere. A Pi wouldn't have anywhere close to the power required to do the transcoding necessary to do that.

For those who have no interest in streaming outside of their home, it could work fine. The bigger issue is "why"? By the time you start talking about adding a hard drive or two, you're nearly to the point of talking about a full blown NAS. In which case a SageTV Docker is much more interesting. unRAID and Synology both support Docker.

[jchiso]

Originally Posted by d2tw4all

Last I tried the HDPVR on linux though (admittedly a while ago) it was super buggy. HDHomeruns were always very solid...

Pi frontend would RULE.

I have a Ubuntu-based Sage server with an HD-PVR connected and it's rock solid. Linux systems have supported the device in the kernel for several years now. I have even performed HD-PVR captures on a Pi using desktop Raspbian ...

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by jchiso

I have a Ubuntu-based Sage server with an HD-PVR connected and it's rock solid. Linux systems have supported the device in the kernel for several years now. I have even performed HD-PVR captures on a Pi using desktop Raspbian ...

I believe this kernel level support is limited to the original HD-PVR (1212), correct? The HD-PVR2 driver is available as source code from hauppauge, but unsupported, as far as I know.

[SteveD]

Originally Posted by d2tw4all

A VMWare Appliance geared for free VMWare ESXi to me would be a good way to go... People could run it on VMWare Player if they insist on windows.

Last I tried the HDPVR on linux though (admittedly a while ago) it was super buggy. HDHomeruns were always very solid...

Pi frontend would RULE.

Tom

The new unraid software comes with kvm (virtual machine capabilities) built in. I have Windows 2008 server VMs on both my unraid server and was thinking about adding sagetv to one of them.

[mistergq]

With Verizon FIOS, I've been using HD Prime with one cable card, need to order a second cable card for a second HD Prime. I also use an HDHR with FIOS for DC stations and 2 HDHRs for Baltimore over the air. I am resetting up Hauppauge HD PVR for 1 cable box to get the cable fox stations, and then HBO and Cinemax. The cable fox stations is recent and while throwing me for a loop, not that big of deal. I would recommend getting the server reset back up for version 7 and at some point in the future, we will be able to move over to the open source version 9.

[jchiso]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

I believe this kernel level support is limited to the original HD-PVR (1212), correct?

That is correct.