[mythtv-users] Multicast sources?

Robert Johnston anaerin at gmail.com
Mon Jul 31 12:54:12 UTC 2006


On 7/31/06, Ben B <mythtv at ml.cactii.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there any plans for mythtv to be able to use a multicast IP stream
> as a source? There are things going on in the IP world that will bring
> TV to the home over a multicast MPEG2 connection, and for mythtv to be
> able to "tune" to these, that would be a huge bonus.

Yes. There's recently been committed a "Network Stream Recorder" tuner
to do exactly this. While it doesn't have feed auto-discovery (yet),
the idea is for it to be able to record multicast streams of any kind
(Not just MPEG2).
-- 
Robert "Anaerin" Johnston


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