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.