Req DVBAPI support on linux
#1
Hi there,

I was wondering if it'd would be possible to have an addon that would hook dvbapi support directly into xbmc.
So it would be possible to configure the tuner directly into the addon and search for channels etc.
That would kill the need for a separate backend such as tvheadend or mythtv and making channel switching MUCH faster as xbmc directly talks to the tuner.
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#2
Possible: yes
Desired: no

That would limit the addon to a particular platform. Slow channel changes are not caused by the communication path to the backend.
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#3
It would limit the plugin only to one platform indeed.
But other platforms simply lack a good dvb core.
For example most dvb-tuners in windows have closed source drivers with a custom interface to a closed source binary for tuning etc.
Linux is the only platform with a decent dvb api.
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#4
not going to happen
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