Home Theater PC
This is a place to capture my notes about my Home Theater PC setup.
HW Specifications
16 TB of Hard drive Space
Graphics
- Resolution
- Outputs (HDMI)
- Performance per watt
- Idle Power
- Vulkan Support
Initial Debian Install
TBD
NODM And ICEWM
Using Deb-Multimedia
Installed Packages
Session and Window Manager
How to Setup Mythtv
Over the Air(OTA) the TV
Cable TV
How to setup HD Homerun
- An external tuner is less sensative to RF interference from the PC
- A dedicated 2-node ethernet network prevents interruptions to streaming
Remote Control
Microsoft MCE Remote
Logitech Harmony Hub
Custom Solution
Requirements
- RF remote and media keyboard (Bluetooth, Zigbee, propriatary)
- Control IR devices
- Control bluetotth devices
- LIRC
- scriptable (python, LUA, Javascript, bash)
- TV without unique input buttons.
- a way to resync state
Streaming from device
- Leapcast
Music
- Mythtv
- MPD
Ten Foot Interfaces
- Youtube Leanback
- Disney plus
- CW seed
- CWTV
- Netflix
- Amazon Prime
- fireplace
- HBO
- Hulu
- Steam Big Picture Mode
- Odysee
- Web Browser
- Kiosk Mode
Games
- Steam Big Picture Mode
- Debian Packages
- Emulators
Alternatives
- Kodi
- Plex