[mythtv-users] Alternatives to cable firewire

[Robert McNamara]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Oz<ozdror at adelphia.net> wrote:

>
>> There are apparently "jeeped" satellite receivers available that will
>> output
>> the data stream via firewire, but they violate the TOS with the satellite
>> provider.
>
>> This is "hearsay", but I heard it from one of the DISH engineers, who was
>> complaining that even he was not allowed to obtain one of these receivers
>> for
>> experimental use.
>>
>> I'd be careful about ordering one of these receivers, you would have no
>> recourse if the seller sent you nothing, and if the seller got busted they
>> might well turn over the customer ist to the authorities.
>>
>> So it's probably more correct to simply say that no sice devices are
>> available.
>>
>> The only way to record HD from a satellite receiver today is the Hauppauge
>> HD-PVR-1212, the support for which is still classed as experimental,
>> though
>> some folks seem to be having good results.
>
> This is too bad. Does anyone know of any alternative to networked DVR with
> any of the providers.
> can the ATI TV Wonder™ Digital Cable Tuner be a good replacement for mythtv.
>
> does directtv have their own netwok DVR (? in beta)
>
> -Oz


(fixed your top posting)

What's wrong with the HD-PVR solution suggested?  It works very very
well, and with .22 you won't even need huge horsepower to do it, VDPAU
does the job decoding the material nicely and you can capture pretty
much any provider's channels.  Questions about replacements for MythTV
aren't likely to be greeted with much enthusiasm on the Myth users
list.

Robert.