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#76814 7-Feb-2011 12:26
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Anyone figured out a way to take a cheap linux capable router, and a cheap USB tuner stick and get the functionality of a HD homerun? Reception on a USB tuner on the laptop is just too spotty downstairs so pushing it over wifi would solve that.




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  #436235 7-Feb-2011 12:29
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The "magic" with HDHomerun is their drivers. It makes the remote LAN device appear as a BDA device...





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  #436295 7-Feb-2011 13:51
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Ah ok, Well, if it was able to be used with VLC or similar that would be fine (does VLC have working h.264 yet or is it still using that useless opensource non accelerated codec)




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  #436401 7-Feb-2011 17:31
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Why not just use a headless MediaPortal TV Server. Or MythTV (if you happen to hate your self! Wink ) 
You don't need a high end PC since it won't be doing any playback. A basic P4 running XP with a few tuners cards/usb sticks would do fine.

Then you could use MediaProtal for a nice front end. Or VLC Cry






 

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  #436408 7-Feb-2011 17:36
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I could do that, but I was hoping that something running openwrt etc would be able to do it so I wasnt sucking down the megawatthours running a PC all the time to do it.




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