[mythtv-users] Firewire and 5c

Craig Partin cpartin at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 20:31:26 UTC 2007


On 4/9/07, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Chris Funk <cfunk30myth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been watching the recent threads concerning comcast and the 5c stuff.
> >  I decided to check mine (comcast in Northern Colorado)  all of the channels
> > say that 5c is off.  However I still only receive a few channels over
> > firewire.  So i'm assuming that comcast has the box set to just send certain
> > channels out the firewire port??
> >
> > One more question, and this is way off topic, and hopefully not a legal
> > issue since it's not dealing with cracking 5c.  Does anyone know if it is
> > possible to pull recordings off a dct6412 stb's hd?  I read a huge thread on
> > avs forums, but it dealt with just doing what myth already does (captureing
> > from firewire) except in windows.  There were a few references to getting
> > stuff off the dct's hard drive, but the thread is about a year old.
> > Not a big deal, just wanted to get HD Sopranos and Entourage into myth from
> > the 6412.
>
> if 5C is off there is nothing else preventing those from being
> streamed via firewire, so it may just be a blip. I know with my box if
> I use the test_mpeg2 CLI utility I have to try it a couple times
> before it starts streaming whereas Myth seems to go through the proper
> steps to make sure it gets a signal as it has yet to miss a recording
> this way.


If you get a resolution to this issue, please post again.  If it's
true about 5c in Colorado, then I will be upgrading my service


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