FIOS - Mythtv Questions

[James Kramer]

Can the Hauppage TV-PVR record all the channels on the box?  Does this
device need MythTV to function?

Thanks for the advice.

Jay

On 8/22/10, Jarod Wilson <jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:21 PM, James Kramer <kramerjm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ...
>> Does MythTV work with FIOS.
>
> Yes. I've has FiOS TV coupled with MythTV for years now.
>
>> I just want to use it to record video.
>> My box has a firewire connector.  Do I need a Hauppage card?
>
> Depends on what you're trying to record. And for the record "a
> Hauppauge card" is rather vague. They make all sorts of different
> cards.
>
> However, he's what I have with my own FiOS TV:
>
> 1) digital capture devices, which record clear qam channels straight
> off a coax feed (two of these are in fact Hauppauge cards)
>
> 2) analog capture devices, which record analog video from the output
> of digital to analog adapter boxes (one of these is a Hauppauge card)
>
> 3) firewire off my cable box, which I can record *some* HDTV channels
> (but not all) that I can't already record in clear qam
>
> 4) Hauppauge HD-PVR, which can record the rest fo the channels off my
> cable box that clear qam and firewire don't get me, via component
> video (not a "card", but also a Hauppauge capture device)
>
>
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