[mythtv-users] Odds of Linux CableCARD support?

Dewey Smolka dsmolka at gmail.com
Thu Apr 6 21:45:18 UTC 2006


> http://forums.freytechnologies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12495&highlight=mediaready+5000
>
> According to that link, the MediaReady device runs SageTV for Linux!
>
> Coincidentally, SageTV only had a windows version until recently,
> where they just "All of a Sudden" had a linux version. I haven't seen
> any screenshots of the linux version, but I have the feeling that it
> will look a lot more like myth than Sage for windows...
>
>  - Jeff

Can't find any screenshots for Sage for Linux, but apparently it
installs with Gentoo from CD, and runs $80:
http://www.sagetv.com/linuxOEMedition.html

More significantly, I found a review of VWB MediaReady 5000 (running
Sage and Linux) at pcmag.com from Jan 2006. They didn't like it one
bit: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1913150,00.asp

According to something at the Sage forums, you cannot install their
Sage for Linux OEM iso on the MediaReady -- it's got its own driver
modules. It would probably also be a PITA to get Myth running.



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