[mythtv-users] Motorola DCX3200-M

[Scot Kreienkamp]

I use a direct firewire connection between the MythTV and STB.  There is a
program that will tune the STB over the firewire connection.  Works better
than IR blaster as you get confirmation of channel change.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mark Hutchinson <mark.h at me.com> wrote:

> What device are you using for channel changing?
>
> On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Scot Kreienkamp <skreien at wcnet.org> wrote:
>
> The method in the past to capture from an HD set top box has been HDPVR to
> capture HD or SD analog from a set top box, and (at least here in the
> states where it's mandated by law) firewire connection to tune it.  The law
> allows us to record broadcast or cable TV in the US as much as I care to as
> long as it's for personal use, even if I break copy protection in the
> process.  YMMV for Canada.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Now that I'm up to speed with new hardware and upgrade OS and MythTV I'm
>> looking at adding new stuff: digital SD/HD.
>>
>> I already have a PVR-500 giving me plenty of good analog SD service from
>> a channel line-up that's 90% of my historical viewing. I have another one
>> sitting in my old machine as a spare or to add to the new box.
>>
>> I have a Motorola DCT-700 still sitting in the box from my cable provider
>> (Shaw in Canada) and that seems a logical first addition. It only does
>> composite out so I figure I can pick up a PVR-150 to capture from the DCT
>> exclusively and work out the channel-change and recording priorities for
>> the handful of channels worth getting from digital. Does that sound right?
>>
>> However, Shaw is also offering a "HD Box" (their words) that, after a
>> couple calls to verify, I won't have to add some new plan and that the box
>> could replace the DCT-700 - I'd get the digital SD I'd get with the DCT,
>> and "HD Basic". It's a Motorola DCX3200-M single-tuner HD box for $138 that
>> will get a dozen or so HD channels from the plan that I'm paying for
>> already.
>>
>> There's not a lot of current info from Google about these boxes and Myth.
>> Apparently it's workable, at least a couple years ago. Anyone using this
>> box?  Do I need a capture card for it? Can be used in Fedora 22?
>> IR-blaster-able?
>>
>> https://community.shaw.ca/docs/DOC-1281
>>
>>
>> --
>> A little of Jerome's MythTV World: http://mythtv.bss.ab.ca
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