Comcast/Mythtv (OT?)

[John Boland]

on a mostly/kinda/sort of related note:

i'm running mythdora 5 and i'm trying to get it talk to my cable box which
has a firewire port.  it is a motorola 3416.  i wnet over to microcenter
this weekend and picked up a firewire card.  unfortunately, i can't get the
o/s to recognize the card. i get kernel errors flooding /var/log/messages
saying uhci_hcd problems, controller error, pci system problems.
i've tried upgrading the mythdora o/s. however, it fails on a vmlinuz
dependenct that i haven't been able to resolve.  so, not being one to shy
away from over complex solutions...  i put another hd in the box and
installed fedora 9 and mythtv from the atrpms.  i still get the same kernel
messages and my pvr-350 card went missing!
so, i'm thinking i don't have a good or supported firewire card. it is an
ads tech dual-link pci card.  the server i'm using is limited to pci.
can anyone recommend a decent (cheap) firewire pci that will work with
mythdora 5 (2.6.24.4-64) and an intel mobo?

tia...

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> This is slightly off-topic, but does involve Linux...
>
> I've got a KnoppMyth Linux system running with two analog tuners
> connected to my Comcast cable with a MediaMVP settop box for display
> purposes.  The whole thing has a good WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor).
> Unfortunately something in my latest Comcast bill is worrying.
> Starting soon (end of the year?), they will have new cheap Digital
> only TV feeds
> which are considerably cheaper then the current full analog feed.
> They also say they will no longer accept new customers for their
> 'Standard Cable' (full analog feed) at the
> same time.  My worry is that this is a sign that they want to get rid
> of their analog feed entirely which will break my current setup.  I
> don't currently have a QAM tuner so
> I have no idea what channels are available as unencrypted digital, but
> my guess from web surfing is not many.
>
> My questions are:
>
> * If you have a QAM tuner on Comcast in the local area (Cambridge
> would be best), what channels do you see in the clear?
>
> * I believe that Comcast has switched all digital in other parts of
> the country.  Anybody with experience/insight into how long my current
> setup will be grandfathered in?
>
> * What are my options for encrypted QAM and Mythtv?  (Note: I'm
> currently SD only and HD would be nice, but not a requirement.)
>
> * Anybody else see this insert in their Comcast bill?  Is this the
> whole area or just a Cambridge thing?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Bogstad
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