DVB-T2 tuners in linux help/sharing

[limoslight]

Hi i am thinking or slapping up a linux box with DVB-T2 tuners to be a sort of "network tuner" for every other PC/Laptop/tablet in my house. I had expereince with Ubuntu in the past but that was a long time ago and i consider myself a linux beginner My questions are

1. Is MythTV easier these days to set up and customise?
2. Can non linux boxes access the tuner from the linux box?

 

[inSilica]

Hmmm. Interesting. You can do this but it will be difficult and expensive.

I will be brief as there is allot involved

I assume you can use v4l/gstreamer.

Get dvb-t stream and re-encode to RTP.

Setup multicast stream for each channel, you will need a separate tuner for each channel.

You can use a single tuner but all people watching will be tuned to the same channel.

You don't want to unicast this - you will congest your network.

Tvcatchup.com will be a cheaper option and you can be up and running in minutes

 

[Confused]

Simple - something like MythTV or HTS TVheadend, and then you've got a number of options for clients - the easiest is to use XBMC, which can run on Linux, Android, iOS and Windows.