[emveepee]

That should be the cable card device that you need to use with the external Silicon Dust Prime that I posted about.  It can also work with TiVo devices and a few TV's but not directly with laptops.

Martin

[DubTime]

Would a simple setup such as this...





https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089ZWX5MY

...work?

If I understand correctly, the 'hdmi out' of the TV box...



...would connect to this adapter inserted in the laptop, and then I'd use Kodi to access the feed?

[DubTime]

That should be the cable card device that you need to use with the external Silicon Dust Prime that I posted about.  It can also work with TiVo devices and a few TV's but not directly with laptops.

Martin

Oh, whoops 🤭

Just noticing this now, thanks for the response, Martin.

Understood.

How about the hdmi-to-USB scenario detailed above - would that work?

[emveepee]

Yes it would work, I already mentioned HDMI capture in my first post, but I also mentioned LIRC.  Basically capture devices don't provide any way for the PVR backend to change the channel.  Typically this is down with an IR blaster, but you can use firewire and a few STB's allow http tuning.   Many Hauppauge HDPVR devices has a built in blaster if you want to go this route.

I do have two devices like the one you showed and they but you still need a blaster.  The bigger issue is the video streams they create are typically MJPEG/PCM so in my experience I was converting them to H264/AAC for playback, which may take software decoding if you aren't lucky.  I never tried the raw stream into Kodi but it probably would work on some platforms.

If you don't understand any of this, stick with cable card. 

Martin