[mythtv-users] New MythTV configuration

[Brian Wood]

On Monday 23 February 2009 20:13:54 David Frager wrote:
> I am been playing with a HTPC for a while, primarily for music and some
> home video storage.  I now want to get a little more serious in the area of
> video capture.
>
> I use Verizon FiOS for my TV feed, and am looking for a good way to
> incorporate my MythTV PC.  My current system use a PVR-150 capture card and
> I have VGA output.  I plan to upgrade to support HD (1080i) in/out.  I am
> looking for recommendations on how to enable the PC to control the STB.
>
> Any suggestions or pointers to references would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know anything about FIOS, though I would love to.

If you control the STB with an IR remote then you can probably use an IR 
blaster to control it. Most simple blasters these days use LIRC and a serial 
port on the computer.

If you are lucky and have a serial or USB port on the STB then you might look 
into that, but most cable TV and satellite STBs are controlled with blasters.

Look through the archives here for LIRC or blaster, but you will get flooded. 
Try looking at :

http://www.lirc.org/

And/or the MythTV WiKi.
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