[mythtv] Should I add a new cardtype to the database?

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 21 April 2006 3:29 pm, Bryan Bennetts wrote:
> On Friday 21 Apr 2006 20:04, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > Because of that, I don't really want another cardtype/recording
> > class/etc. I imagine the differences are only in the setup routines?
>
> Yeah, the IVTV_IOC_[GS]_CODEC bits, need replacing with
> VIDIOC_[GS]_MPEGCOMP. Also a.t.m. the number of available stream types in
> v4l isn't quite as large as IVTV.  I hadn't got it all working yet, but
> thought I'd get the database side setup as I fiddled with the output...
>
> Fair enough, if you don't want the addition that's cool - don't get me
> wrong I'm all for me not doing work ;-) I shall revert back to a
> non-editted MythTv and use the cx88 patch that contains IVTV ioctls.

Heh.  I just meant it shouldn't be hard to simply detect which setup routines 
to use based on what ioctls actually work - I don't see a need for a new 
cardtype/recording class to do that.

Isaac