[mythtv-users] Problems Using VCR as Cable Tuner

[Greg Hermsen]

I tried tuning through channels 2, 3 and 4.  I had MythTv set to "us-cable",
not IRC or HRC.  I also tried /bin/true as the channel changing script.  I'm
still getting black and white static only.  Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks,
Greg

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> Greg Hermsen wrote:
> > I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 card and installed beta drivers as
> > discussed in other postings.  The ATSC half of the card tunes
> > over-the-air channels nicely.  I found through a call to Hauppauge tech
> > support that they have a problem with their cards tuning Comcast cable.
> > I was told their cards don't recognize the frequency Comcast is using
> > and they are working on fixing it.
> >
> > In the meantime, I'm trying to use my VCR as a cable tuner.  For various
> > reasons I want to use coax-only connections, not composite.  I have
> > cable coax from the wall the the VCR input and coax from the VCR output
> > the the HVR-1600 input.  I created dummy channels 3 and 4 in MythTV for
> > the cable half of the card.  I know the VCR can tune channels without a
> > problem.  When I view channel 3 and 4 through MythTV, all I get is black
> > and white static.
> >
> > I assume I missed one or two things in the backend configuration for
> > this setup.  Does anybody have something similar working?  I would
> > appreciate any suggestions.
>
> The RF output of VCRs is usually channels 2 or 3 (sometimes 3 or 4) on
> standard assignments (not HRC ir IRC).
>
> I'm not sure, but if you tell Myth to input on a specific channel it
> might assume it needs to tune an STB, thus you might have to have a
> channel changing script. If you do not have or need such a script
> putting /bin/true into the setup as a change script might solve your
> problem.
>
> beww
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