[mythtv-users] Ceton InfiniTV 4 support in MythTV...

Derek & Cindi Cass cass at casscoenterprises.com
Wed Feb 2 18:44:02 UTC 2011


On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 22:25 -0800, Robert McNamara wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>         Perhaps Ceton really meant they were working on linux support?
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> As I understand the device, it's actually a network device via PCIe,
> so all control of the tuner, including scanning, recording, etc. is
> done via uPnP calls.  There is little (if any) actual "driver" to
> write for Linux.  Also, given the Myth dev in question has been
> working on recorder support for quite a while, it's safe to say it
> already works in Linux.
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> Robert
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This is a CableCard device.  I assume "works in Linux" coupled with
"same limitation as capturing over FireWire" is to say that this device
will (does) work in Linux, but not in conjunction with a CableCard.  And
probably not ever in conjunction with a CableCard.

Derek



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