[mythtv-users] Tuner Advice Request for new HTPC Build

[Mark Rekveld]

HI Simon,

Thanks for the clarification.
I'll pop over to linuxtv.org to pick there brains.

Cheers,
Mark Rekveld

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On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>wrote:

> Mark Rekveld wrote:
> > Oke. Is the recording limitation only for internal cards or also for
> network tuners like the Anysee N7?
>
> MythTV doesn't care where the stream comes from. As long as you have a
> tuner system with Linux drivers (effectively, that means supported by the
> Video 4 Linux / Linux TV subsystem) then Myth will use it. So Myth doesn't
> really care - it (simplifying a bit) just uses a system call to tell the
> tuner to tune, and waits for a data stream.
>
> You're probably better off popping over tohttp://linuxtv.org as those are
> the guys that deal with the bit between "Myth TV (or other application)
> asks for the tuner to do something" and "hardware does something useful".
>
> It doesn't really make any difference whether the tuner is internal or
> external - the same DRM issues apply.
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