[mythtv-users] mythtv features question

[Jeremy Jones]

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 8/18/2012 12:20, Tom Poe wrote:
>
>> On 08/18/2012 11:11 AM, Jeremy Jones wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Are you wanting to use the TV's tuner to watch live TV in a PIP while
>>> your computer desktop is the rest of the full screen?
>>>
>>> If that is the case then your question is really one about setting up
>>> PIP on your TV.  There are probably other ways of doing that through
>>> mythTV, as Raymond asked about running mythTV in a window, which is
>>> do-able.  With that setup, you would just need  to use the computers
>>> tuner through mythTV for watching TV (or better yet recordings).  Then
>>> your TV channel would just stay set to the computer.  If your set on
>>> using the TV's tuner, then you should look for help in setting up PIP
>>> for your TV.
>>>
>> Aaaah!  That answers my question.  I'll explore PIP feature, and see how
>> that fits my wants and wishes. :).
>>
>
> On the off chance this was not already understood, MythTV will not be able
> to access the tuners built into your TV. In order to watch television
> through MythTV, you will need a special piece of computer hardware
> connected to the computer with its own tuner.
>
>
Right.  I assume the PIP feature that the OP is going to explore is that of
his TV's, and this answer is not MythTV related at all.
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