[mythtv] dvb question

[Ben Bucksch]

Oscar Carlsson wrote:

>if  you'll "promise" to help me getting it to work
>
I don't have time to help you with the installation stuff, no, and I 
can't promise anything at all. That was my point.

>Since  the  drivers doesn't seem to be a problem, getting it to work with MythTV  *shouldn't*  be  any  problem, right?
>
Apart from getting DVB to work with MythTV *at all*.... ? No. ;-P

>Like, how big is the risk it won't work  at  all?
>
That I run out of steam? I don't know. But somebody else might pick up, 
then, in a few months.

If it doesn't work with MythTV, you can always use another software, 
like VDR.

>Software  emulators  are  availible  on  Windows
>
Interesting.

>and yes, they can be used in a "piracy" way. But that's not my intention. An icepick is a very dangerous weapon in  the  wrong  hands, but does that make it illegal? Everything can be used the wrong way.
>
You don't need to tell *me* that. Note the "(my personal opinion is 
vastly different.)" ;-).

(Frankly, I think that if they are so nice to voluntarily send their 
channels over the air (encrypted or not) *to me*, then I am free to 
decode it (if I can) and use it however I like. They are basically 
trying to restrict me using the light and air/waves. Ridiculous.)

>Will  it be possible to determine, without the CAM module, if the  card will be useable at all?
>
If you have access to free, unencrypted channels, yes. I think.

I am not an expert in DVB. I don't know that much more than you can find 
on an average site or two about DVB. Most of the questions you ask are 
outside the realm of my work.

>Subtitles  are  broadcasted  seperatly somehow, right?
>
Yes. But it also depends on your provider - maybe they are braindead 
enough to superimpose it on the video stream.

>I guess this doesn't work yet?
>
Correct, and I don't plan to implement it.

>Does  this  type  of card support PiP without having two cards? I've got a vague memory  of  you writing that sometime, pointing out that the only thing stopping that  is  that  MythTV doesn't know about it. Is that true? Would that also mean that multiple recordings and watching at the same time would be possible?
>
I can't say more than I did already.

>Is the onboard MPEG-2 Hardware-Decoder useable in any way?
>
No.