Old thread, I know, but...
I can confirm that this does indeed work. This is how I use the PCH. I have a MythTV box with 1.5TB of storage. It records up to three shows simultaneously (SD). It also has Movie (file) and Music playback. I simply setup a samba share on the MythTV box and connect to it from the PCH.
The PCH picture quality is amazing! Better than I have been able to get out of MythTV.
Now SD recordings don't look that great, but that's an issue with the source, not the PCH. If you want to use the PCH to view recordings, you can run a cron job called "MythPretty" that renames the MythTV recording files based on the show name/title/airdate and it will playback the recordings, but the interface is a little clunky (scrolling through a folder of files 10 at a time). Myth is much better for this. But for watching movies, I can highly recommend the PCH.
I can confirm that this does indeed work. This is how I use the PCH. I have a MythTV box with 1.5TB of storage. It records up to three shows simultaneously (SD). It also has Movie (file) and Music playback. I simply setup a samba share on the MythTV box and connect to it from the PCH.
The PCH picture quality is amazing! Better than I have been able to get out of MythTV.
Now SD recordings don't look that great, but that's an issue with the source, not the PCH. If you want to use the PCH to view recordings, you can run a cron job called "MythPretty" that renames the MythTV recording files based on the show name/title/airdate and it will playback the recordings, but the interface is a little clunky (scrolling through a folder of files 10 at a time). Myth is much better for this. But for watching movies, I can highly recommend the PCH.
