[mythtv-users] Loss of Service Recognition -- Nifty!

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/17/2006 03:28 PM, Sasha Z wrote:

>However, ivtv cards have the signal detected flag, and it can tell
>when the cable is disconnected. It would be swanky if myth checked
>that to know if the tuner was actually receiving something.
>
>Alternatively, you could take a key frame histogram of the recorded
>file and you should be able to see if it's just white noise.
>

But neither would be useful with those "helpful" set-top boxes (digital 
cable/satellite) that output a video of a nice user-friendly error 
message (i.e. "Please wait while we work to restore your TV.  Now might 
be a good time to send that check for this month's bill.").

Mike