[mythtv-users] HD-PVR2 support (please vote)

[Devin Heitmueller]

Hi Eric,

> I wasn't trying to suggest that anyone use that version, but rather
> that the existence of that version is evidence that Hauppauge is/was
> working on a driver and that this driver might be released at some
> point in an official form.

It's probably worth noting that Hauppauge did officially release their
Linux solution.  You can download it here:

You're welcome to download it, install it, evaluate its quality, and
see how well it integrates with MythTV.  I've got my opinions on how
robust it is (in particular knowing where a bunch of the edge cases
are and having taken a look at the code to see how well it deals with
them), but ultimately users will decide whether it's "good enough" to
meet their needs.

> My question (which no one has answered), is more about whether a third
> party driver makes sense from a business point of view.  Even if the
> third party driver is better in some respects, is is better enough to
> get people to pay for it if another working driver is available for
> free?  I certainly wouldn't be investing in that sort of business
> plan.

It's entirely possible you are correct.  There are lots of different
types of people out there, and for example I'm definitely sure it
wouldn't be attractive to the sorts who spend $1000 building a top of
the line MythTV box but then whine about spending $25 a year for a
subscription to Schedules Direct.  :-)

It seems like despite there being "first person" solutions out there,
that they aren't really being adopted.  That might be because they
suck, it might be because they aren't integrated well enough with Myth
to be usable by mere mortals, it might be because almost nobody cares
about the use case in question, it could be for other reasons not
stated above.  All that said, the "beta" has been available for months
and it's not like somebody went and wrote a bunch of MythTV code to
tie into it, just waiting for it to finally be "officially" released.

Devin

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Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
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