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

1. An external tuner is less sensative to RF interference from the PC
2. 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