[mythtv-users] mythtv newcomer.. need help setting up live tv

[Tim Sailer]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 09:41:26AM -0400, Christopher Flynn wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:24:49 -0400, Tim Sailer <tps at buoy.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 08:43:18AM -0400, Evan Burrows wrote:
> > > ok to answer some of the questions.. I have my cable input running to
> > > a splitter ( i am too cheap to buy another tuner card.  So one runs to
> > > my cable box and the other to my myth box.
> > 
> > Move the splitter to your cablebox output. The tuner doesn't know what to do
> > with the digital input.
> 
> Are you sure about this? I don't have digital cable now but I did and
> I could still run the cable to my tv and get a signal. I didn't get
> every channel but I still got most of the channels. I would imagine
> that the same would be true with the capture card, no?

No, I'm not sure, since I use Dish. However, the tuner is meant
for analog signals, if I'm not mistaken. That's like taking a modem
and plugging it into your network instead of the analog phone line.

I'm most likely wrong. I usually am.

Tim

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