I'm looking for a way to record Freeview TV shows to our home server such that the recordings can be played back on other computers/TV's. I'm sure someone here has a similar set up so I would be really thankful if anyone could point me in the right direction.
Issues
- I've read that most TV Tuner cards require a graphics card capable of x264 acceleration. My home server has integrated 760G graphics on the motherboard which does not support x264 acceleration. Will this be a problem? I only want to record Freeview on the server, not watch it.
- Assuming I manage to record Freeview to the server, what's the best way to automate the recording of certain shows? The family mainly wants the soaps...
- Once there is recorded content on the server, how do I stream it to the netbooks/TVs? I'll probably need to get a pair of Western Digital TV Live boxes for the two TV's in the house. From the research I've done it looks like I will have to transcode the recorded Freeview content to a supported format such as MPEG or Xvid.
Home Network
- Gigabit Ethernet to most rooms
- 802.11G wireless
- 1 Desktop PC
- 3 Netbooks
- 2 Newish LCD TVs (don't support DLNA unfortunately)
- pFsense router running on an Alix 2D3
- Home Server
Home Server Specs (Headless)
- Asus M4A78LT-M Motherboard
- 2GB Ram
- AMD x255 3.1ghz processor
- 4TB hard drive space
- 1 Intel Desktop Gigabit Network Card
- OS: Windows Home Server
Thanks in advance for any help.