[mythtv] Use a TiVo Series 3 as a tuner?

[Marco Nelissen]

>Nate Carlson wrote:
>> Just curious.. since the TiVo Series 3 has full cablecard support and 
>> such, has anyone thought about writing a input module to use it as a 
>> tuner?
>>   
>I picked up a Series 3 last week.
>
>Quick probing - I found the MPEG2 data stream for OTA/QAM (pre 
>cable-card) - it is in a form that could be fed into a modified 
>HDHomeRun board.

The information in dvrupgrade.com seems to indicate that the standard
upgrade/hack software already available will also work on a Series 3,
meaning it's possible to run custom software on the Series 3. Wouldn't
it then be possible to do a pure software solution, e.g. something that
grabs the stream from tivo's ringbuffer and sends it over the network
to a mythtv backend?