Build Your Own PVR

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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 03:35:14 GMT, John in Detroit
<Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>
>>
>> I just reinstalled everything on the computer running DVA (no, the OS
>> hadn't failed) and had no problem with CODECs (I'm using VLC to play
>> the files).
>
>Which has nothing to do with why TIVO is better than replay.
>

I never said that. Try actually reading things.

Replay is better than TiVo (although I hadn't said that either).

What I said was about playing the files on a computer. VideoLAN
doesn't need CODECs. The stuff about the re-installation was to show
that I hadn't installed any.

[snip]

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/go.to/notstupid
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh

 

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Mark Lloyd wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 03:35:14 GMT, John in Detroit
> <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I just reinstalled everything on the computer running DVA (no, the OS
>>>hadn't failed) and had no problem with CODECs (I'm using VLC to play
>>>the files).
>>
>>Which has nothing to do with why TIVO is better than replay.
>>
>
>
> I never said that. Try actually reading things.
>
> Replay is better than TiVo (although I hadn't said that either).
>
> What I said was about playing the files on a computer. VideoLAN
> doesn't need CODECs. The stuff about the re-installation was to show
> that I hadn't installed any.
>
> [snip]
>

But the text you quoted was me asking how something I'd posted proved
TIVO better than Replay... My point is that Replay is better and always
has been, this is why I bought Replay instead of Tivo

 

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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:30:06 GMT, John in Detroit
<Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 03:35:14 GMT, John in Detroit
>> <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I just reinstalled everything on the computer running DVA (no, the OS
>>>>hadn't failed) and had no problem with CODECs (I'm using VLC to play
>>>>the files).
>>>
>>>Which has nothing to do with why TIVO is better than replay.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I never said that. Try actually reading things.
>>
>> Replay is better than TiVo (although I hadn't said that either).
>>
>> What I said was about playing the files on a computer. VideoLAN
>> doesn't need CODECs. The stuff about the re-installation was to show
>> that I hadn't installed any.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>
>But the text you quoted was me asking how something I'd posted proved
>TIVO better than Replay... My point is that Replay is better and always
>has been, this is why I bought Replay instead of Tivo.

That seemed strange, so I went back and checked my reply. What I
replied to was about Replay vs. an ATI card. No mention of TiVo at
all. The last part of that was about CODECs. I stated that VideoLAN
did not require them.

--
Mark Lloyd
has a Replay 5xxx
http/go.to/notstupid
http/notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"It is a curious thing that every creed promises a
paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for
anyone of civilized taste." -- Evelyn Waugh

 

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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:26:08 GMT, Jack Zwick <jzwick3@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Anyone who thinks a roll your own DVR replaces the many man years of
> programming and the functional superiority and reliability of a TiVo is
> indeed looking in a mirror when discussing horses.

I just bought two DirecTivo's for 100 bucks each. Plug 'em in, and they
_just freaking work_. It's an appliance. If I wanted (another) hobby, maybe
I'd consider building something that'd act as a crippled version of
a compromise of a Tivo imitation, but I've got better things to do. They
do it well, and you'd be hard pressed to build a PC with video capture
for 100 bucks. There's probably someone out there who has, but not with
quality parts, I'll guarantee that.

Dave Hinz