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Doofus said:
I don't know if I've just invented this, I doubt it...
What are my options for recording TV to a NAS, or a networked PVR so recordings can be watched on any smart telly in the house?
Let's just say that whilst possible, albeit at reduced quality, the ball ache and time this would involve is collosal. What options? Very few. You can't record from the primary HDMI output of a Freesat, Freeview, Sky or Virgin receiver so you'd have to use a lower quality analogue one, you'd have to use a PC to encode the video from Analogue to digital and into a usable (Streaming) format and the whole process from setting a recording to getting to the NAS would be manual - no use of TV guides to set recording etc... Drop it.What are my options for recording TV to a NAS, or a networked PVR so recordings can be watched on any smart telly in the house?
All broadcast TV platforms (Freeview, Freesat etc.) have PVRs available but Smart TVs can't stream from the set top boxes, you need one box for each TV or, as our industry recommends, an (HDMI) video distribution system so you can access one or more set top boxes from each TV.
Edited by ASK1974 on Monday 27th October 06:24
Doofus said:
I don't know if I've just invented this, I doubt it...
What are my options for recording TV to a NAS, or a networked PVR so recordings can be watched on any smart telly in the house?
Pretty sure the Humax recorders have DLNA servers built in so you can stream from them? If not the custom firmware available certainly can.What are my options for recording TV to a NAS, or a networked PVR so recordings can be watched on any smart telly in the house?
You could build a PC to act as a media server and fit it with a number of TV tuners. You can set it to record stuff and then play back on Smart TVs around the house.
I have a Humax HDR Fox-T2 PVR which is loaded with custom firmware which allows it to decrypt the recordings. It's shared across the network and the content can be played back on any device supporting DNLA. I can also transfer the recordings off it onto my media server for archiving. Whilst it's old, I still think (with the custom firmware) it's the best Freeview PVR available.
I have a Humax HDR Fox-T2 PVR which is loaded with custom firmware which allows it to decrypt the recordings. It's shared across the network and the content can be played back on any device supporting DNLA. I can also transfer the recordings off it onto my media server for archiving. Whilst it's old, I still think (with the custom firmware) it's the best Freeview PVR available.
Lots of options if you want to do it yourself. TV Headend and Myth TV and I think xbmc has an option now as well, there are others.
You'll need a PC to run the satellite receiver card dual/quad/oct whatever and the software and some time. Basically you centralise the receiver and storage then run local clients for actual playback (a pi for example). You can program and set recording from any client or watch live TV and playback those recording on any client. Obviously not sky compatible but any of the free channels sat or aerial should be fine or you could combine freeview and freesat in the same box.
Looking into this myself but haven't been able to justify the cost of a receiver card as yet.
You'll need a PC to run the satellite receiver card dual/quad/oct whatever and the software and some time. Basically you centralise the receiver and storage then run local clients for actual playback (a pi for example). You can program and set recording from any client or watch live TV and playback those recording on any client. Obviously not sky compatible but any of the free channels sat or aerial should be fine or you could combine freeview and freesat in the same box.
Looking into this myself but haven't been able to justify the cost of a receiver card as yet.
marctwo said:
You could build a PC to act as a media server and fit it with a number of TV tuners. You can set it to record stuff and then play back on Smart TVs around the house.
I have a Humax HDR Fox-T2 PVR which is loaded with custom firmware which allows it to decrypt the recordings. It's shared across the network and the content can be played back on any device supporting DNLA. I can also transfer the recordings off it onto my media server for archiving. Whilst it's old, I still think (with the custom firmware) it's the best Freeview PVR available.
That's the PVR I've got too. I guess that means I'm going to have to immerse myself in that "my hummy" forum to learn about firmware...I have a Humax HDR Fox-T2 PVR which is loaded with custom firmware which allows it to decrypt the recordings. It's shared across the network and the content can be played back on any device supporting DNLA. I can also transfer the recordings off it onto my media server for archiving. Whilst it's old, I still think (with the custom firmware) it's the best Freeview PVR available.
Doofus said:
That's the PVR I've got too. I guess that means I'm going to have to immerse myself in that "my hummy" forum to learn about firmware...
Cheer up, this is good news. It's really simple to install and quite brilliant to use.http://hummy.tv/forum/threads/custom-firmware-vide...
allgonepetetong said:
I have 2 Sky+ HD boxes in different rooms both connected to my LAN. I have often wondered what the reason is and why I cannot watch programmes recorded on each box from the other.
Must be possible, shirley?
That is the reason when I dropped Sky I built my own HTPC around MediaPortal. Must be possible, shirley?
One PC with a Freeview HD card and large HD under the telly in the lounge. Despite being only a dual tuner card it can record 10+ channels at once, providing they are on the same 2 Mux's. Any PC or HTPC in the house can watch anything that has been recorded or live TV. Full EPG 2 weeks in advance, series link etc. just like a regular PVR. And the best thing is MediaPortal is free.
allgonepetetong said:
I have 2 Sky+ HD boxes in different rooms both connected to my LAN. I have often wondered what the reason is and why I cannot watch programmes recorded on each box from the other.
Must be possible, shirley?
Virgn Tivo have the same feature. And it does work.Must be possible, shirley?
HOWEVER.....or some reason they have only managed to licence minimal TV channels - like Discovery and Quest. None of the main channels you'd actually want to watch have given them permission (or they haven't offered to pay them enough) to allow them to stream their shows.
So when I had a pair of Tivo's boxes, I could record Top Gear on BBC2 on a box in the bedroom, unplug it, carry it to the living room and plug it into the TV there and watched the recorded episode. What I couldn't do, was record Top Gear on BBC2 on a box in the bedroom and then stream it to the box in the living room and watch it there....
The Tivo boxes actually contain all the architecture in order to meet the OP's requirement's to record live TV and stream. Most of the functionality is turned off by Virgin or unlicensed in their boxes though. So you could use a non-Virgin Tivo PVR as a solution. But in order to receive Virgin Cable, you need to use one of their boxes without all the functionality. No doubt you can get hacked boxes though.
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