[mythtv-users] Connecting to external cable box

[PROTEK]

Firewire might be good!

Serial IR blaster I have heard work? - Personally I don't care for the 
system.
My cable system only supports the Scientific Atlantic boxs that are 
hated by Mythtv users everywhere..

I have tried w/o success to get Lirc to work with them, In fact I get a 
headache just thinking about it..
I would love to have one of my tuners for the digital but the setup is 
just ridicules



Chad wrote:
>>> Well, firstly the serial cable won't help you capture anything, you need
>>> to hook up the (ideally) component out on the cable box to the
>>> appropriate inputs on a capture card such as a PVR. This is the exact
>>> combination I have (a PVR250) and it works great.
>>>       
>
> I'd love to see a component capture setup in a PVR250...  Did you mean
> composite?  Or possibly S-Video + RCA L/R?
>
>
>   
>> Wow, I can't seem to find any info on serial control. It appears that the IR
>> blasters are the more popular choice even though it seems easier to just
>> connect the cable to the computer using a cheaper serial wire.
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________
>>     
>
> From what I've groked it's not necessarily that an IR Blaster is
> *easier*, but more universal.  Not every box has a serial input, and
> if it does, it seems that control is specific to that type of box, and
> even sometimes to that specific cable/satellite provider.  So, because
> more people have gone the IR Blaster route, it's more documented, and
> easier to find parts for.
>
> It would also seem that the emerging new "best of both worlds" is
> Firewire, and I think we'll see that as the IR Blaster of 06-07 ;)
>
> Good Luck!
>
> -Chad
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