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From: Ewan Mac Mahon on 3 Feb 2007 18:03 I'm going to be in the market for some sort of television recording device fairly shortly since my VHS machine has recently snuffed it. The main application's going to be timeshifting things, but I might occasionally want to keep something. I don't think I've got the time or money to go for a MythTV setup, but the Topfield[1] PVRs look like quite a good compromise. Before I commit myself to something I'm going to be stuck with for a few years does anyone have any experience of using these with Linux that would suggest words of warning, or indeed encouragement? Ewan [1] http://www.topfield.co.uk/
From: gort on 4 Feb 2007 03:31 Ewan Mac Mahon wrote: > > I'm going to be in the market for some sort of television recording device > fairly shortly since my VHS machine has recently snuffed it. The main > application's going to be timeshifting things, but I might occasionally > want to keep something. > > I don't think I've got the time or money to go for a MythTV setup, but the > Topfield[1] PVRs look like quite a good compromise. Before I commit myself > to something I'm going to be stuck with for a few years does anyone have > any experience of using these with Linux that would suggest words of > warning, or indeed encouragement? > > Ewan > > [1] http://www.topfield.co.uk/ Might also pay you to ask on uk.tech.digital-tv as a lot of guys on there have Topfields. Dave
From: Dave Pickles on 4 Feb 2007 04:47 Ewan Mac Mahon wrote: > > I'm going to be in the market for some sort of television recording > device fairly shortly since my VHS machine has recently snuffed it. The > main application's going to be timeshifting things, but I might > occasionally want to keep something. > > I don't think I've got the time or money to go for a MythTV setup, but > the Topfield[1] PVRs look like quite a good compromise. Before I commit > myself to something I'm going to be stuck with for a few years does > anyone have any experience of using these with Linux that would suggest > words of warning, or indeed encouragement? Alternatively for an open-source solution look at VOMP [1]. This uses a PC with DTV card(s) at the back-end running VDR to provide the recording function. The back-end is connected via UTP to one or more Hauppauge MVP devices [2] which link to your TVs. The split means that you do not need a potentially noisy device in your living room. VOMP is still work-in-progress but already provides most of the features of a commercial PVR. [1] http://loggytronic.com/vomp.php [2] http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html -- Dave
From: Johnny B Good on 4 Feb 2007 05:36 The message <45c5ab9d$0$27092$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk> from Dave Pickles <davep(a)cyw.uklinux.net> contains these words: > Ewan Mac Mahon wrote: > > > > I'm going to be in the market for some sort of television recording > > device fairly shortly since my VHS machine has recently snuffed it. The > > main application's going to be timeshifting things, but I might > > occasionally want to keep something. > > > > I don't think I've got the time or money to go for a MythTV setup, but > > the Topfield[1] PVRs look like quite a good compromise. Before I commit > > myself to something I'm going to be stuck with for a few years does > > anyone have any experience of using these with Linux that would suggest > > words of warning, or indeed encouragement? > Alternatively for an open-source solution look at VOMP [1]. This uses a PC > with DTV card(s) at the back-end running VDR to provide the recording > function. The back-end is connected via UTP to one or more Hauppauge MVP > devices [2] which link to your TVs. The split means that you do not need > a potentially noisy device in your living room. Just butting in to say that in the case of the Topfield, noise is _not_ an issue. :-) > VOMP is still work-in-progress but already provides most of the features > of a commercial PVR. > [1] http://loggytronic.com/vomp.php > [2] http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_mediamvp.html -- Regards, John. Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying. The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots.
From: Mark Owen on 4 Feb 2007 09:18 On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:03:54 +0000, Ewan Mac Mahon wrote: > > I'm going to be in the market for some sort of television recording device > fairly shortly since my VHS machine has recently snuffed it. The main > application's going to be timeshifting things, but I might occasionally > want to keep something. > > I don't think I've got the time or money to go for a MythTV setup, but the > Topfield[1] PVRs look like quite a good compromise. Before I commit myself > to something I'm going to be stuck with for a few years does anyone have > any experience of using these with Linux that would suggest words of > warning, or indeed encouragement? > > Ewan > > [1] http://www.topfield.co.uk/ We've had a 'toppy' for about 18 months now & we're very pleased with it. It's very quiet in the living room (although you can occasionally pick up some faint hard drive clicking when recording two channels or recording and playing back at the same time - it's not a nuisance). There is a very good user group web page and forum at http://www.toppy.org.uk and I would recommend you peruse it for up-to-date info. Our home network is all linux based (Ubuntu), although to transfer programs off using USB, we've used a (windows-based) laptop for convenience. Other people have used linux-based ftp to do this job (see the forums at toppy.org.uk). Once the .rec file is on the laptop, it needs converting to .mpeg before playing or burning to DVD. We've used free windows software to do the conversion on the laptop (any advice on doing it successfully with linux applications would be gratefully received) and then transferred the files to our normal Linux boxes to produce the DVD. If you decide to get one, I hope you will be as pleased as we've been. -- Wendy and Mark Owen
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