This has probably been done before but...
I normally use VDR for receiving ATSC and NTSC broadcasts as I can stream it around the house and use a Hauppauge MVP box in different rooms.
However, I just got a nice Hauppauge PVR-HD which isn't (yet) supported by VDR. So I hacked a freevo a little to get it using VDR and the PVR-HD..
I did this initially about 4 years ago, but then ended up using VDR instead of Freevo. Anyway, this uses two seperate input mechanisms, so I copied an idea I found on the internet to allow a "pvr_cmd" into the video_groups structure.
This is from my local_conf.py
TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [ VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video0', adev=AUDIO_DEVICE, input_type='component', tuner_type='external', input_num=0, group_type='pvr-hd', desc='PVR-HD', vcr_cmd = 'cat /dev/video0> %(filename)s & sleep %(seconds)s ; kill -9 $!;' ), VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video0', adev=AUDIO_DEVICE, input_type='component', input_num=1, group_type='pvr-hd', desc='PVR-HD', vcr_cmd='cat /dev/video0> %(filename)s & sleep %(seconds)s ; kill -9 $!;' ), VideoGroup(vdev='http://oac:3000/TS', adev=AUDIO_DEVICE, tuner_type="None", input_type='none', input_num=2, group_type='streamdev', desc='VDR', vcr_cmd='mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o %(filename)s http://oac:3000/TS/%(channel)s -endpos %(seconds)s;' ) ] TV_CHANNELS = [ ( '','Component','None', None, 1 ), ( 'I31497.labs-4.zap2it.com','906-WREXDT-13 WREXDT fcc',103, None, 2 ), ( 'I58646.labs-4.zap2it.com','919-CNN HD-CNNHD',919, None, 0 )
]
The top line is just using the pvr-hd without any channel change.. (For recording DVR recordings or On Demand things), the second will select channel 103 on VDR to watch, the third will change to channel 919 on my cable box and watch it using the hauppauge pvr-hd (Just watches /dev/video0)..
I had to modify generic_record.py as it would send the channel number as a string instead of an integer when working out which group to select and not get the correct group.
Then several changes have been made to mplayer.py in TV, which streams from VDR. The channel request is sent with a +1 at the end to select the first audio channel.. (The second can sometimes be spanish here)..
Then I changed config.py and generic_record.py to allow the vcr_cmd based on Video_Group.
Recordings are native .ts streams, either from the hauppauge (h264,ac3 audio) or the TS from VDR.
Hope this helps someone (it goes with Freevo 1.9.0)
I get better HD playback with mplayer and vdpau than with vdr-sxfe and xbmc isn't quite there yet..