[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #1701: Add support for HDHomeRun device

Matt skd5aner at gmail.com
Thu Apr 20 22:59:06 UTC 2006


On 4/18/06, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 13:42 -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> > >  (In [9729]) References #1701. Adds initial support for HDHomeRun device.
> > So it looks like this device will be real!
> > Will it require the CPU to do the stream processing like with software
> > based PCI tuners or will that be done by the device?
>
> Stream processing? You mean finding key-frames?
> Then yes, all tuners for MythTV require this processing.
>
> They sent me a prototype and it has two independent tuners and
> a pretty simple programming interface. It can filter 16 pid ranges,
> which it streams to an IP address + port. At the moment it only
> supports 8-VSB modulation and tuning to OTA frequencies; but
> QAM-64/256 should be supported in the final product.
>
> -- Daniel


Any more details Daniel?  The site still shows a prototype graphic and
lists the price as $0.00.

Matt


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