I want to develop my own tv tuner program mainly for live stream.
Looked at OpenCV but I still prefer to have something that I own, mainly due to customization.
Search over the web and cant seem to find a good site on how to start.
The only clues that I have are things like DirectX, DirectShow.
From what it seems, i believe web cam and tv tuner works about the same way, but correct me if I am wrong. So can I say that I need to detect video capture device, or is it another type of device.
Will need help from you expert out there. Platform wise will be windows. Language wise I think C++ will do.C# is also good for me.
You are right. Both the tuners and webcam allow you to read a strream. The tuner also allows you the change the channel etc.
A good point to see how it all works is MediaPortal an Open Source .net HTPC applicaiiont
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/