[mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

[Brian Wood]

On Apr 6, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Jeff Simpson wrote:

> On 4/6/06, Ian Forde <ian at duckland.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 18:57 +0100, Steve Daniels wrote:
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>>> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dewey Smolka
>>>> Sent: 06 April 2006 18:22
>>>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?
>>>>
>>>> The few screenshots in the brochure look an awful lot like the Myth
>>>> OSD. There is no mention of what software is driving this.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.vwbinc.com/pdf/MR5000%20Brochure%205-10%20web.pdf
>>>
>>> I can't see it not being Myth!
>>>
>>> So now, time to ask them to hand over all the source code for  
>>> that box >:-D
>>
>> If it's really myth, and they've modified mythbackend to have  
>> cablecard
>> support, then there may be GPL issues involved.  If the cablecard
>> support is in a binary module, however, and mythbackend has hooks to
>> speak to that binary module, then all they would have to provide
>> (subject to the terms of the GPL version involved) would be the
>> modifications to mythbackend, not the source to said binary module...
>> Either way, it's probably worth someone contacting them to find  
>> out the
>> real story...
>
> http://forums.freytechnologies.com/forums/showthread.php? 
> t=12495&highlight=mediaready+5000
>
> According to that link, the MediaReady device runs SageTV for Linux!
>
> Coincidentally, SageTV only had a windows version until recently,
> where they just "All of a Sudden" had a linux version. I haven't seen
> any screenshots of the linux version, but I have the feeling that it
> will look a lot more like myth than Sage for windows...

Oh come on. The Myth team are not the only programmers in the world.  
 From what I have read, Sage has the reputation of being one of the  
better Windows programs for this purpose, there is a good chance it  
was developed on Linux, certainly its developers have some Unix  
background.

It would probably be easier for them to port their Windows product to  
Linux then to "steal" MythTV.

OTOH, if it turns out they have used GPL code from Myth, and have  
done so in a proper way, then the Myth project will have benefitted  
even more people than we thought, nothing wrong with that.