[mythtv-users] Would a capture card by any other name still record as sweet?

[David Engel]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:35:50PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> > There's a development effort underway to, among other things, change
> > the two-level capturce card and card input model that MythTV has used
> > for years into a one-level model. 
> 
> My response will probably go into the permanent-moderation file*, but...
> 
> Why?  The current model takes note of the fact that devices are often 
> grouped, and the scheduler needs to know about it, and also that grouped
> devices often share configuration parameters.
> 
> If neither of those things has changed in the physical model, then the
> software model probably oughtn't change either.
> 
> Why is it?

This question belongs on the -dev list.

David
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