[mythtv-users] Cable Boxes, 1394 and other miscellany

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Monday 19 April 2004 10:24, Jim Coates wrote:

> I am in the process of speccing out and 
> buying my backend box (will also serve frontend for local tv at first).  I
> had a Motorola 6200 installed over the weekend and was interested in any
> recent progress that has been made in capturing audio/video via 1394.  I
> have read most of the posts on AVS as well as in the archives here.  I know
> 5c isn't going to happen but at least it's a "free" tuner for free-to-air
> programming.
>
> I really haven't gotten into the nuts and bolts of mythtv configuration but
> I'm assuming there is no current support for using 1394 as an input with
> the combination of an external IR controller for the box.

Correct.

> Does anyone have 
> a guide on how to best control a cable box, especially the 6200.  Obviously
> there are issues as to whether it is powered on or not, etc... Does anyone
> have discrete codes?

Not that I've noticed. I'd suggest googling for them if nobody else on the 
list knows (that's how I found most of the info about my Motorola DCT-5100, 
though a few others on the list have 'em as well -- I don't interface with 
mine at all right now though).

> Once I have this all working, I 
> will be pushing hard to get the 1394 issue going

Pushing who?

> that is the current "Holy 
> Grail" for me... getting HD without having to mess with rooftop antennae
> and expensive tuner cards...

My stupid cable provider *still* doesn't carry the channel I watch the most 
(CBS) in HD... $600 later for a pcHDTV card, rooftop antenna, amplifier, 
100ft of RG6-QS, I get CBS in HD over the air...

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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