[mythtv-users] HD-PVR2 support (please vote)

[Devin Heitmueller]

Hi all,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody for their
comments/feedback.  It's been a lively discussion with a wide range of
views expressed.

Regardless of what gets decided with regards to the HDPVR2, I still
think Myth is a great solution and enjoy using it every day...

Cheers,

Devin

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Devin Heitmueller
<dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
>> I wasn't trying to suggest that anyone use that version, but rather
>> that the existence of that version is evidence that Hauppauge is/was
>> working on a driver and that this driver might be released at some
>> point in an official form.
>
> It's probably worth noting that Hauppauge did officially release their
> Linux solution.  You can download it here:
>
> You're welcome to download it, install it, evaluate its quality, and
> see how well it integrates with MythTV.  I've got my opinions on how
> robust it is (in particular knowing where a bunch of the edge cases
> are and having taken a look at the code to see how well it deals with
> them), but ultimately users will decide whether it's "good enough" to
> meet their needs.
>
>> My question (which no one has answered), is more about whether a third
>> party driver makes sense from a business point of view.  Even if the
>> third party driver is better in some respects, is is better enough to
>> get people to pay for it if another working driver is available for
>> free?  I certainly wouldn't be investing in that sort of business
>> plan.
>
> It's entirely possible you are correct.  There are lots of different
> types of people out there, and for example I'm definitely sure it
> wouldn't be attractive to the sorts who spend $1000 building a top of
> the line MythTV box but then whine about spending $25 a year for a
> subscription to Schedules Direct.  :-)
>
> It seems like despite there being "first person" solutions out there,
> that they aren't really being adopted.  That might be because they
> suck, it might be because they aren't integrated well enough with Myth
> to be usable by mere mortals, it might be because almost nobody cares
> about the use case in question, it could be for other reasons not
> stated above.  All that said, the "beta" has been available for months
> and it's not like somebody went and wrote a bunch of MythTV code to
> tie into it, just waiting for it to finally be "officially" released.
>
> Devin
>
> --
> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
> http://www.kernellabs.com



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