On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 23:31, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 22:17, Scot L. Harris wrote:
Actually I'd rather have a device able to deliver to any networked computer instead of having to deal with tuners at every display.
Actually mythtv almost gets you there. If you have a sufficient number of capture cards you could have a box that accepts cable from the wall. All your displays would run mythfrontend. This keeps all the tuners on the backend system.
Yes, it does. I have Comcast and the Motorola DVR and have been able to get HD out the firewire and view it with videolan client but it is very inconvenient since it only plays in real time as the same thing shows on the video outputs.
I don't understand that, you want to pull in a show faster than it plays?
Yes, when it is already recorded. The equivalent would be copying a file from one mythtv server to another for later viewing. It would be better to allow access to arbitrary files, not just what comes out the video jacks and to do it at full media speed, not real display time.
OK, I understand now. You are talking about the bundled DVR the cable company provides. Could you feed the firewire into a mythtv box? Then you be able to do those things with the content from the myth box. Would mean not using the Comcast DVR.
Wonder how long that will last? Such things normally present a challenge to those that develop things like mythtv. :)
I think it will last until the voters wake up and realize that their interests have been sold out by the legislators mandating this crap.
Like that will happen in my life time. I have a better chance of winning the lotto.