[mythtv-users] tivo patents cover mythtv?

[John Drescher]

>> 1. A process for the simultaneous storage and play back of multimedia
>> data, comprising the steps of:
>> accepting television (TV) broadcast signals, wherein said TV signals are
>> based on a multitude of standards, including, but not limited to, National
>> Television Standards Committee (NTSC) broadcast, PAL broadcast, satellite
>> transmission, DSS, DBS, or ATSC;
>> tuning said TV signals to a specific program;
>> providing at least one Input Section, wherein said Input Section converts
>> said specific program to an Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) formatted
>> stream for internal transfer and manipulation;
>
> Myth doesn't do that.
>

This sounds exactly what MythTV does.

>
>> providing a Media Switch, wherein said Media Switch parses said MPEG
>> stream, said MPEG stream is separated into its video and audio components;
>
> Myth doesn't do that.
>

I would bet MythTV does that internally.

John