[mythtv-users] Just trying to maximize my mythtv setup

[Mark Bell]

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From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of nasa01 at comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:41 AM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: [mythtv-users] Just trying to maximize my mythtv setup

 

Howdy,

 

I figure I am SOL, but I wanted to make sure....

 

I have the following MB, MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570
Ultra MCP ATX AMD Motherboard -- which has firewire built-in.  I have a
pvr-500 and pchdtv5500 cards installed.  My service is provided by
Comcast.  I am paying for Digital cable with a HDTV box.  Which has
channels from 1 - 200+.

 

What works:

 

my pvr-500 works great -- I have it getting basic cable 1 - 78.

 

What doesn't:

 

pchdtv5500 -- I have scanned for channels using QAM-64 and QAM-256;
QAM-64 didn't have any channels and every channel on QAM-256 was
encrypted (the scan covered from 1 - 160?).

 

firewire -- At no time have I been able to get any show broadcast over
firewire, I can however change channels with no problems  :}   Trying
firewire by following the wiki's located here:

 

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Firewire_Priming

 

have only returned "failed" from both P2P and Broadcast.

 

 

My questons:

 

1.  Does anyone have any experience with the firewire ports off of my
motherboard?

     -- I'm low on pci ports so I don't think I have a spot to add a
firewire card.

2.  How do I scan for channels above the default (using QAM-256) as I
think my HD channels are up there...

3.  Did I fail to try something that would help me out?

 

 

I'm not to optimistic, but it doesn't hurt to ask....

 

 

Nasa

 

 

 

I know with my Dvico HD card and Comcast I had to make sure I was
scanning Cable HRC high 

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