[mythtv-users] Firewire channel change for SA4200?

[Rodney Morris]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:53 AM, steve <networks1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>MythTV's internal firewire channel changer should work with your
>>>>>SA4200.  MythTV's internal channel changer works very well with my
>>>>>SA3250HD, which I set-up as a SA4200 in MythTV.  (My SA3250HD had to
>>>>>be setup as a HD4200 under Myth to properly change channels.)
>>>>
>>>> Where/how did you set that up?  The only thing I can find in mythsetup
> is a
>>>> reference to an external channel changer under input settings.  Did a
> google
>>>> search on mythtv channel changer and only found reference to external
>>>> channel changers.
>>>>
>>>
>>> To use Myth's channel changer on my SA3250HD, I (1) added a firewire
>>> capture device, setting the STB model to SA4200, and (2) left the
>>> external channel changer entry blank under the input sources menu.
>>> That's all I had to do to use MythTV's internal channel changer.
>>>
>>
>>I just noticed an error in my directions.  I left the external channel
>>changer entry blank under the *input connections* menu, not the *input
>>sources* menu.  Sorry for the error.
>
> So you're using firewire capture?  bc I'm using a HDPVR and I assume you
> can't use one capture device to change channels for another one.
>

Yeah, I'm using firewire capture.  Unfortunately, my posts are
probably not helpful because I, like you, assume one cannot use one
capture device to change channels for another.