Yup, I guess I didn't see the original. Since you weren't starting your piece of info with "In fairness..." my critique was itself out of context; it seems you did a fine piece of writing. Plenty of context and all. Sorry for my critique. I'm glad we're now on the same page. <br>
<br>/I use Gmail, and I hit "reply" to these messages and I start typing where it puts the cursor. I apologize if that's a problem for the "don't top-post" people. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Phil Bridges <<a href="mailto:gravityhammer@gmail.com">gravityhammer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Josh White <<a href="mailto:jaw1959@gmail.com">jaw1959@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I was just thinking something like "A friend of mine with some contacts at<br>
> Hauppauge hooked me up. I can't get into the details of who, what, where,<br>
> when or how, but here's what I've learned: He had access to [what I know<br>
> about the hardware] and used it to to produce [description of output] from<br>
> [description of source]. I got a copy of this output and I was able to [do<br>
> whatever] with it. This is very encouraging news to the MythTV community"<br>
><br>
> Most written works that begin with the words "In fairness..." are hundreds<br>
> of pages long and eventually fill you in on what it all means. From what<br>
> you wrote, it made me feel like I walked into the middle of one of my<br>
> Engineering classes from college.<br>
><br>
> Basically, it looks like you were answering a question or continuing a<br>
> thread without describing the question.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Robert McNamara <<a href="mailto:robert.mcnamara@gmail.com">robert.mcnamara@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not certain what context I can provide to you-- No amount of voting,<br>
> magicking, or cajoling will put more information into me than I've got.<br>
> There are any number of people who have access the the HD PVR who are active<br>
> in the Linux community. Being in the right place at the right time when<br>
> information like this is shared helps a lot. I don't want to be the one who<br>
> name drops or causes anyone harm by sharing that information.<br>
> ><br>
> > The source of this TS most certainly does have access to the box. I know<br>
> that the sample I received has also been submitted to ffmpeg, which is the<br>
> seed of support for the device in Myth. I dumped the frame from that same<br>
> sample because I believed people here might have an interest in looking at<br>
> the quality we can expect. The person who produced the sample was gracious<br>
> enough to answer a few questions, but could disclose any more than his<br>
> position allows him to. I tried to respect that and I hope you will as<br>
> well. It's entirely up to the individual to believe or not believe the<br>
> veracity of this info.<br>
> ><br>
<br>
</div></div>Looks like you missed the original email.<br>
<br>
Please don't top-post.<br>
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