Actually, there is a serial port on the back of it and I am using it to change channels (using the scripts in /usr/share/doc/mythtv-0.19/contrib/channel_changers) instead of an IR blaster...<br><br>Working great...<br><br>
Although I had to use the composite out, because I couldn't get MythTV to tune the tuner to channel 3 as required by the cable box. Apparently it's a known issue in 0.19<br><br>Jason<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 6/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Derek Meek</b> <<a href="mailto:thekazan@gmail.com">thekazan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
A DCT-2524? isn't that one of the ONLY DCT-2xxx'es that isn't a pain in<br>the arse to control with an IR blaster? - i have a DCT2000 and I had to<br>put tinfoil over the entire faceplate to shield it from out-of-band<br>
interference - I have to send two leading signals or it will ignore my<br>commands (so a channel change command is this following sequence: EXIT<br>EXIT [digits] OK EXIT and it still occasionally ignores the first digit<br>
or two)<br><br>cannot wait until I get an HDTV and switch to having a firewire cable<br>slaving the STB :D<br><br>Jason McMillon wrote:<br><br>>Thanks!! I successfully replaced one of my 'standard cable' sources<br>>with my motorola DCT-2524 'digital cable' source without any duplicate
<br>>entries in the guide. WOOHOO!! I have made a wiki entry here:<br>><br>><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Motorola_DCT-25xx">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Motorola_DCT-25xx</a><br>><br>
>This is my first wiki entry ever, so it definately needs some smoothing...<br>><br>><br>><br>>On 6/7/06, Derek Meek <<a href="mailto:thekazan@gmail.com">thekazan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>
<br>>>the appearance of your guide will not change, except for the addition of<br>>>the new channels that are digital only - mythtv knows which cards have<br>>>which channels and will tune appropriately for you
<br>>><br>>>(i'm running a PVR-500 both heads on normal cable and a bttv card<br>>>capturing digital STB output)<br>>><br>>>Jason McMillon wrote:<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>>>My current setup is similar to what you have. I have two PVR-250s
<br>>>>with the same source and have no problems. But, my question is what<br>>>>happens when one PVR 250 has 'standard' cable and one has 'digital'<br>>>>cable. Will the overlapping channels be listed twice in the program
<br>>>>guide? If I delete the standard channels from the digital listing (to<br>>>>make a prettier guide), will I still be able to record two standard<br>>>>cable shows at once?<br>>>>
<br>>>>Hope this clarifies...<br>>>><br>>>>Thanks!!<br>>>>Jason<br>>>><br>>>>On 6/7/06, *Tom Lichti* <<a href="mailto:tom@redpepperracing.com">tom@redpepperracing.com
</a><br>>>><mailto:<a href="mailto:tom@redpepperracing.com">tom@redpepperracing.com</a>>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Jason McMillon wrote:<br>>>> > I am considering adding my motorola digital cable box as an
<br>>>> input to<br>>>> > my MythTV setup. I currently have two PVR-250s (connected to<br>>>> standard<br>>>> > cable) and one HD5000 (connected to an OTA antennae). I have a
<br>>>> cable<br>>>> > box (for HBO, etc) connected to an additional input on my TV.<br>>>> > Everything is working great!!<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Now my question:
<br>>>> ><br>>>> > If I remove the standard cable from one of my PVR-250s input and<br>>>> > replace it with the cable box output (understanding that I will<br>>>> have
<br>>>> > to find a script to let MythTV change the channel via the serial<br>>>> port)<br>>>> > and configure zap2it with the additional 'digital' source, what will<br>>>> > my program guide look like?
<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Will there be duplicate entries for the overlapping channels? I<br>>>> guess<br>>>> > I could delete all the 'standard cable' channels from the digital
<br>>>> > source, but then what if I want to record two things at once on<br>>>> > 'standard' cable? I think MythTV will only know of one source for<br>>>> > standard cable defeating the purpose of having two PVR-250s.
<br>>>> ><br>>>> > I am sure there is a way to do this that I am not aware of...<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Any help will be great appreciated.<br>>>> ><br>
>>> > Thanks!!<br>>>> I have 4 PVR cards with the same source, and Myth can record from<br>>>> all 4<br>>>> at once, all using 'standard' cable. It is smart enough to figure out
<br>>>> what card has what channels/programs available, and will figure it<br>>>> out.<br>>>> If you want to prefer one card over another, you can play with<br>>>> card/program priorities, but I haven't really looked at that so I
<br>>>> couldn't tell you how it works.<br>>>><br>>>> Tom<br>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>
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