[mythtv] [patch] hdtvrecorder and pat/pmt parsing

[Steve Brown]

Doug Larrick wrote:
> I'm a little concerned about what happens in RewritePMT when a program  
> has multiple audio PIDs associated with it, e.g. a second audio  
> program.  I think it will probably latch onto the last one in the  
> table, which probably *is* the Spanish, French, or descriptive audio  
> program.

You are right, it would pick the last one. An easy fix.

A bigger concern to me is the overlap in functionality between the dvb 
and hdtv code, including the kernel driver. I would think that a little 
surgery on the pchdtv driver to use the same interface as the dvb driver 
and include the kernel-level filtering and assembling of sections would 
avoid maintaining both sets of myth code. Though, I doubt I have the 
skills to do much about it.

> Instead of setting video_pid and audio_pid in RewritePMT, can you  
> decode them out of the PAT when you find the desired_program (where you  
> currently set the pmt_pid), choosing the first audio PID?

At the time I fish the pmt pid out of the pat, I haven't yet received 
the pmt. I have to wait for it to identify the video/audio streams in 
the multiplex.

I will let the patch age a little and see if there are more comments.

Steve