So far in this process of bringing my MythTV setup up-to-date I have upgraded my primary backend to 0.24 (but put the old hard drive back in so that it is compatible with the rest of the house running 0.21 still) and my primary frontend to 0.24 (but put in the old hard drive so people can still watch TV). […]
Read moreI think that the next most important system for me to get up and running is going to be the main frontend. Again I’ve decided to load CentOS 6 onto a separate hard drive that I’ve got sitting around. Where did I get all of these extra drives, anyway? Again, installation was fairly straight forward following the same Mythtv installation […]
Read moreAs recently noted, I have decided to document my MythTV upgrade. To start things off, I will be upgrading my main MythTV server. The current system is running MythTV 0.21 on Fedora Core 7. The current version of MythTV is 0.24 at the time of this writing. This time around I will be building the backend around CentOS. The most […]
Read moreEarlier this summer my MythTV server died. After spending a bit of time getting the basics back up and running I’ve decided that it was time to also get things up to date again. Thus far my plans have been limited to only software upgrades but I may do some hardware upgrading along the way as well. With this in […]
Read moreBoy did I struggle this week. Partly due to a busy schedule, but I’m sure partly due to just a terrible overall week of picks. Bunraku is one of the few that I saw, and it was pretty bad, simply tried to be too many things. I think I saw part of Water for Elephants, but I’m not a fan […]
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I recently had the opportunity to utilize my extensive (though, not bullet proof) backup regimen and it managed to save my bacon in a fairly substantial way. While this certainly is not isolated to HTPCs, I thought it might be a good idea to remind people of the importance of regular, reliable backups. As everyone surely knows by now, SageTV […]
Read moreOh how I wanted to pick Wrong Turn 4 just to get a reaction from you guys, but alas I played it conservative this week. Jurassic Park Trilogy, just in time for the holidays…although you can save some money and watch Terra Nova that is basically the same thing, right? Dazed and Confused is a classic if you’ve never seen […]
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CONTEST HAS ENDED! STAY TUNED! As you all have noticed, we’ve been making a much more concerted effort to give some attention and focus to chassis for use in your home theater. But as we’ve learned in the past, the home theater is often one of the more neglected locations for financial investment. So Missing Remote is teaming up with […]
Read moreSorry for the hiatus, had a busy travel schedule recently, but I’m back on the regular now! And what a…decent week to return to. A couple good animated films are out there. Fans of the TV show V will be happy to see that released. Most interesting of the week was Red State from writer/director Kevin Smith, from Jay & […]
Read moreThe fall season of 2011 has begun and we already have the first casualty in Playboy Club. This is the first time I decided against recording any new shows that simply sounded interesting. Normally, I queue them up and watch them at some point later on, often after the first season is over or the show has even been cancelled. […]
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