italiano40 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I want to build one i have the hardware, but for the software i want to know a couple of things -Boxee how stable is it in linux? -Would it be over kill to do 2 or 3 tv tuners? -What backend should i choose? (I.E. Linux, Windows, Mac OSX) -What GPU should i get to do HDMI to a 1080PI TV Anything else i need to know to build one of these boxes thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 MythTV and LinuxMCE can both use multiple TV tuners and prefer HD sources when available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tactix Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 boxee is ultra stable on windows but its in the invitation only alpha stage atm as for grfx card just make sure it supports dxva and hdcp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 boxee is ultra stable on windows but its in the invitation only alpha stage atm as for grfx card just make sure it supports dxva and hdcp HDCP support does not exists on Linux and for two reasons: The people who license it would never let a HDCP key go open source. The people who maintain Linux would refuse to implement it for what it does. So they agree to disagree. Besides, you don't need it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhostbudd Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 If you are going to go the linux route i definitely suggest using an nvidia gpu as they have much better drivers than ati. You probably won't need a top of the line gpu for tv output. You could probably get away with a 9600gt or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypesci Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Multi tuners isn't over kill. My Humax box has two in to allow me to watch one channel and record another. Or record two channels while watching a recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italiano40 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 i would love boxee but i think i am going with myth tv or linux MCE which ever one supports my tv tuner cards thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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