[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR will not initially support Linux

[Marc Randolph]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> wrote:
>> [...] most people seem to be missing that ivtv is mainly focused on the
>> Conexent-based devices.
>> [snip my additional navel gazing regarding the forthcoming HD-PVR]
>
>  It does not matter what they are using internally, it's USB on the
>  outside and USB can be snooped under windows and the protocol
>  discovered. It's fairly trivial to do but I don't think this will be
>  required as it seems Hauppauge might disclose it. But even if they
>  don't, it's not a show stopper.
>
>  The USB "driver" can be a user space driver in the same manner as the
>  HDHomeRun. It's a similar driver too, some setup, go and catch the
>  encoded output. Simple.

Very good points.  Thanks.  Despite comparing it to the pvrusb2, I'd
nearly forgotten that it was an external device, which as you said,
makes snooping relatively easy.  As long as they didn't do something
crazy or stupid, it should indeed be pretty straight forward.

   Marc