[mythtv] MythTV on Windows

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Dec 5, 2007 3:43 PM, Andrei Tanas <andrei at tanas.ca> wrote:

> >>The Backend is not so important because people tend to use another
> >> machine dedicated as a backend or some times as a set top box. Either
> >> way they can choose what ever OS they want to use.
>
> > I'm waiting patiently for the backend services. I recently bought a
> great
> > deal on an HP media center machine for my desktop and it includes a
> Hauppague
> > HD tuner. I know it will be hard to get this working in Linux due to
> lack of drivers
> > so I'd love to have a mini-backend service I can run on the Windows box
> as an
> > overflow tuner rather than building yet another backend just for one
> more
> > card. My current backend is all out of PCI slots...
>
> Hauppauge cards have very good driver (IVTV) for Linux, fully supported by
> Myth.
> It's going to be relatively easy to fully port the backend to Windows
> using DirectShow for video capture, however I think having a stable frontend
> is a priority.


Unfortunately, it is an HVR-1600 which is not supported and who knows when
it will be.  Like I said, I look forward to the progress but I would
certainly agree, as was done with the Mac, that the frontend is the critical
piece.

Kevin
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