[mythtv-users] Frontend as cable settop box--using Live-TV

[Kris B.]

> Your description about the quality of the LiveTV code (as it has evolved,
> not blaming anyone for that) is why I framed my question the way I did.
> I've gotten this impression after reading the mailing list for years:
> There may still be issues there, for some people, that require a
> particular
> sequence of events only on certain configurations to trigger, but even
> after finding identifying them and opening a ticket, the only way to
> really
> fix things is, as you say, with C-4 and start from the ground up.  I know
> the developers know this.  I also realize that starting from the ground
> up
> is alot of work and why it hasn't and may never happen.  Fine by me.
>

Even still - just throwing it out there - in the future if for some
reason Myth developers ripped out Live TV in their code - all you would
need to do is get an HDHomeRun, and run a viewing app as an external
program (which might even be a good idea now for those who want to
surf)... I don't think that will happen, but there are workarounds that
I'm sure someone could come up with for everyone.  If Myth doesn't know
about the tuner, it can't use it.  

I do watch Live TV several times a year - I'm a farmer (and an IT guy
for a bank).  Needing immediately knowledge of weather during storms is
important.  Also during events of importance (Zimmerman verdict was one
recently)... for the most part, though - if if is a show, it gets
recorded - we don't surf like the old days.

--Kris