[mythtv-users] An option for watching tv
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Wed Nov 29 00:00:08 UTC 2006
On Nov 28, 2006, at 4:29 PM, devsk wrote:
> I am not tieing up the capture card. I wanna watch the tv in a
> window on my computer which is nowhere near the physical tv. I
> occasionally want to record a show as well. So, I am not sure if I
> understand what you mean.
>
> what is wrong with a tv mode which plays from card and RAM only? no
> disk involved. As long as its optional, I don't see a problem.
>
This has been discussed at rather long length before. What you are
asking for is something other than a PVR, which is what Myth is.
If I wanted to do what you describe I'd buy a cheap frame-grabber
card and just have a TVTIME or XAWTV window. Using Myth to do that is
like swatting a fly with a howitzer.
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