[mythtv] Simulate TV-card ?

[Steve Daniels]

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> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]
> On Behalf Of David Whyte
> Sent: 07 August 2006 22:01
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] Simulate TV-card ?
> 
> On 8/8/06, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
> >
> > You can simulate an ivtv-type card using the MpegRecorder.  You can set
> > the 'videodevice' value to "file:/path/to/some/mpeg/file.mpg" and the
> > recorder will open "/path/to/some/mpeg/file.mpg" instead of trying to
> > open a real capture card.  The recorder will loop in this file, so if it
> > reaches the end it will start back at the beginning.  This means you can
> > have a short 1-2 minute sample file for testing and with that you can
> > simulate a multi-hour recording or LiveTV session.  There is a special
> > DummyChannel class that is used to simulate the channel changer to allow
> > Myth to think it is changing channels.
> >
> 
> This could also be brilliant for those that would like to trial mythTV
> in say a VMware virtual machine to see how it feels.  (I know I
> started out like that but itched to know what playback was like also).
> 
> Perhaps we could build one of those VMware 'appliance' images that
> folks can download and run up immediately.
> 
> Just a thought...
> 
> Cheers,
> Whytey
> _______________________________________________


I was involved in some talk about this some time ago, but due to time
constraints and my shocking memory it never materialised. I think people
where somewhat surprised to find that a VMware frontend actually worked as
well. Having recently set up a new VMware frontend, I am actually having
stuttering playback issues that I am yet to look into..

I think providing a VMware appliance for either frontend only, and secondary
backend transcoding, and/or backened development platforms would be a great
idea!

Steve Daniels



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