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Users / view DVR content from different Media directors?

« on: November 09, 2008, 04:27:14 am »

Hello,
I've been reading about linuxMCE for about the last week, and am considering the pros and cons of this solution vs. a slingbox/slingcatcher. 

It looked like from the video, that the content of a dvr from a different room can actually be watched "virtually".  That is, if a media director next to a dvr has a video capture and ir blaster connected, you can watch that dvr, and control it, from a different media director connected to a different tv?  This is the functionality I am looking for most.  Is this possible? 

Thanks

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Users / encoded video of MD PC get stored on Core?

« on: November 08, 2008, 10:59:47 am »

Hello,
I've been reading a bit about this for a couple hours, but I'm still a bit confused about something. 

What is the recommended configuration if I want to capture shows from my dvr? 

These are the 2 configurations I can think of:
1. There would be a media director sitting next to the dvr near one TV, capturing the video.  Would the captured video stream over the network, to be encoded to a file by the core?  If not, then the media director pc encodes to a file on local disk, then stores to the core?

2. The dvr is hooked directly to the core, which in my case would need to by a hybrid since the core would need to be physically close to the dvr for hookup of the video and audio cables to capture the shows.  This is not desirable because the core is probably noisy, since it requires the most horsepower and disk space. 

My guess is the first one is correct?  If  not, what am I missing?


Thanks