Ive just set up my mythTV htpc in the living room, it has all my media on it, music, films, tv progs. it want to be able to connect to this from my bedroom so that I can sit in bed and watch films on the hdtv/monitor we have there, as well as listen to music. whats the best bit of kit for this kind of set up?
accessing media library in another room
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The only way I can think of is that you would need a 2nd media centre PC in the room you want to view/listen to your media library and setup a small network, streaming the contents from your mythTV htpc to your 2nd pc in your bedroom
Either that or you need a extra long cable going to your hdtv in bedroom.
IVe got my main PC in my study which i use for everything, ive then got a media centre pc in my living room and i stream all the movies/music from the study to the living room.
Either that or you need a extra long cable going to your hdtv in bedroom.
IVe got my main PC in my study which i use for everything, ive then got a media centre pc in my living room and i stream all the movies/music from the study to the living room.
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The whole point of the way mythtv is designed is basically:
1. Get a hulking great server PC with capture cards and noisy disks.
2. Install and configure Mythtv backend on server.
3. Hide said hulking great server PC in basement/cupboard/garage out of sight.
4. Procure small, quiet, lowpower, thinclient PCs and place in proximity of viewing device.
5. Install and configure mythtv front end on said small pc.
6. Repeat steps 4,5 for as many veiwing locations as required.
7. Relax and enjoy centralised media storage and configuration with the ease of expandibilty a server/client setup provides.
But there are other ways as mentioned above. One way which has worked nicely for me, although I don't do it currently, is to get a TV out card on the mythbox. Feed this into a modulator box (~£20) and pipe this into your coax aerial feed that goes to each room. Just tune each TV into whatever channel you set on the modulator. But this won't work so well for HDTV.
1. Get a hulking great server PC with capture cards and noisy disks.
2. Install and configure Mythtv backend on server.
3. Hide said hulking great server PC in basement/cupboard/garage out of sight.
4. Procure small, quiet, lowpower, thinclient PCs and place in proximity of viewing device.
5. Install and configure mythtv front end on said small pc.
6. Repeat steps 4,5 for as many veiwing locations as required.
7. Relax and enjoy centralised media storage and configuration with the ease of expandibilty a server/client setup provides.
But there are other ways as mentioned above. One way which has worked nicely for me, although I don't do it currently, is to get a TV out card on the mythbox. Feed this into a modulator box (~£20) and pipe this into your coax aerial feed that goes to each room. Just tune each TV into whatever channel you set on the modulator. But this won't work so well for HDTV.