[mythtv-users] Pre-sales open for HD-PVR

[Sam Varshavchik]

Brad DerManouelian writes:

> Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> 
>> If anyone can suggest a method for getting a qualified developer 
>> involved, I would be happy to donate to get them a free device.
> 
> I'm willing to purchase one outright for a developer who wants to add 
> support and doesn't have the means of getting one themselves. Contact me 
> off-list.

MythTV itself shouldn't really care much about the video hardware. It just 
reads an MPEG stream from /dev/video?. The only difference with the HD PVR 
would be, presumably, the resolution of the MPEG stream.

The heavy lifting probably needs to be done by the kernel IVTV driver, and 
the video4linux subsystem. Once there's a working video4linux kernel 
driver for the HD PVR, MythTV should just work. Perhaps there might be 
some new video ioctls to add.

The existing IVTV driver is maintained by Hans Verkuil, and his contact info 
in the sources. If he's interested in hacking it, there's no reason to chip 
in just for one card for Hans. There's certainly some merits in throwing a 
bunch of them, in the same box, and give them all a good thrashing…


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