FIOS - Mythtv Questions

[Jarod Wilson]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:23 AM, James Kramer <kramerjm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Can the Hauppage TV-PVR record all the channels on the box?

The HD-PVR can record any and all channels that can be spit out the
component video output of the box. (Which is generally "all channels
you're subscribed to").

> Does this device need MythTV to function?

No. Its driven by a standard v4l device driver. 'cat /dev/video0 >
foo.ts' even works to record something.

Caveat emptor: you need a way to change channels on the cable box. The
HD-PVR includes an onboard IR blaster, but folks have had mixed
results with occasional device lockups when the blaster part is
enabled. Figuring out a solution to that is on my TODO list (as is
converting the IR driver over to ir-core), but I haven't got to it
yet.


> 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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