Implementation of a Personal Digital Radio Recorder for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting by Adapting the Open-Source Personal Digital Video Recorder Software MythTV
Juan Francisco Roy Delgado · 2006
This report presents the technical and implementation details of the adaptation of the open-source personal video recorder software MythTV to Digital Multimedia Broadcasting. Such an integration aims at creating a “personal digital radio recorder” capable of recording audiovisual programs broadcasted using DMB technology. The primary objective was to add minimal bitstream reception and playback support to MythTV. Consequently, further research will have to address a number of additional issues, such as Electronic Program Guide information transport over DMB and its reception, as well as MPEG-4 SL support in ffmpeg and tuning capabilities, in order to arrive at a complete and viable system that complies with applicable international standards. Topics that will be covered herein include Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, the PDRR project, MythTV’s architecture, the H.264 video codec, implementation details for the modifications made to MythTV and research recommendations for the continuation of the PDRR project.