Comcast/Mythtv (OT?)

[scott-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org (Scott R. Ehrlich)]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Dan Ritter wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:09:42AM -0500, Bill Bogstad wrote:
>> This is slightly off-topic, but does involve Linux...
>>
>> * What are my options for encrypted QAM and Mythtv?  (Note: I'm
>> currently SD only and HD would be nice, but not a requirement.)
>
> The Hauppauge HD-PVR is currently being sold, and has
> preliminary (i.e. patch-the-source) support in MythTV.
>
> That pulls component signals out of the cable box. It's
> expensive, and the encoding is apparently difficult to decode
> without either serious CPU utilization or the even more
> preliminary (it suddenly appeared last week) NVidia hardware
> decoding routines.
>
> Future cloudy, ask again in six months.

Another option might be to incorporate the Silicon Dust HD HomeRun device?

I have one at home - supports 100 Mb Ethernet, two tuners, each capable of 
8vsb or QAM, software selectable at your convenience.

Scott

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