Support TV - Proposal for F9 - enhanced DVB capabilities

[Ville Skyttä]

On Saturday 24 November 2007, David Timms wrote:

> 3. DVB recording packages:
> AFAIK, a package that can record {not playback} a DVB stream would meet
> F guidelines. In fact it can be as simple as using tzap {dvb-apps} and
> cat to record dvb programs.
>
> Perhaps a split-up mythtv package that can record analog and digital
> content, but optionally playback mpeg streams {live, recorded, delayed}
> only if non Fedora parts are installed would be possible. This could
> also help to support both analog capture cards and digital cards with
> built-in mpeg decoders out of the box in a great TV app.

vdr which is already in Fedora should be able to do all that.  I haven't 
tested running it without an MPEG capable output device, but I suppose it 
will require some manual tweaking (channels.conf, remote controller 
keybindings) and isn't very user friendly in that sense.  But once it's 
running, for example vdradmin-am can be used to control it if its OSD is not 
available.