[mythtv-users] Ceton infiniTV 6 tuner devices announced (PCIe and Ethernet)

[Ronald Frazier]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Patrick Ouellette <pat at flying-gecko.net>wrote:

> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:28:46AM -0700, Tom Harris wrote:
> >
> > No drivers are needed for the Ethernet version, but code changes
> definitely
> > are needed for MythTV to receive streams from it (unless there is a
> > previous ethernet-based Ceton which is already supported).
> >
>
> I doubt the MythTV code needs changed much - it supports accessing the
> current
> PCIe card via network address now.  It may need to be modified to get
> access
> to the additional 2 tuners..
>

Recording is now done entirely via RTP/RTSP, so I agree that the recording
code shouldn't be affected. Tuning is done via the ceton's web interface.
Assuming the ethernet version presents you with the exact same web
interface as the PCIe does (with the same parameter names and everything),
then that should work fine too. The other part is when configuring the
cards...I'm not positive, but I do not believe I put any sort of hardcoded
range check on the tuner numbers when you are configuring them, so 2
additional tuners numbered 4 and 5 would get you the additional 2. I'm
pretty sure I left this open on purpose, because Ceton had already
unofficially announced their intention to create the 6 tuner version before
I wrote the code.


-- 
Ron Frazier
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