[mythtv] Still problem using dvb

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Mon May 19 17:24:50 EDT 2003


On Monday 19 May 2003 04:08 pm, bishop wrote:
> Isaac Richards wrote:
> > On Monday 19 May 2003 10:44 am, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> >>Isaac Richards wrote:
> >>>You can't change cards in live tv.
> >>
> >>And how would I get to a channel that's available only via a certain
> >>card? Or is that impossible atm?
> >
> > Right, you can't, really.
>
> So, then, in places like my home, where the cable company forces a
> set-top tuning box upon us, attempting anything with two tuners in one
> box - one that is through the handicapped set-top box and one bypassing
> it to get Basic Cable - is bound to give me much pain, right?

If you have different channel lineups available only on different physical 
capture cards, then yes, you won't be able to switch channels in live-tv mode 
between the two cards until someone cares enough to contribute code that 
changes how things work.

Isaac


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