On 8/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ivan Kabaivanov</b> <<a href="mailto:chepati@yahoo.com">chepati@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Monday 21 August 2006 12:10, <a href="mailto:list@onnow.net">list@onnow.net</a> wrote:<br>> Quoting Allan Wilson <<a href="mailto:allanwilson@gmail.com">allanwilson@gmail.com</a>>:<br>> > On 8/21/06, Aaron Howard <
<a href="mailto:archanoid@gmail.com">archanoid@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >> Just looking for some verification here. From everything I've read<br>> >> (google, old mythtv threads, etc.) it appears using firewire I should be
<br>> >> able to get the digital cable and HD channels from my SA3250HD box<br>> >> (non-5C channels, that is), but I still need an NTSC tuner to get the<br>> >> SD/analog channels and some other way to get down-sampled 5C channels.
<br>> >><br>> >> Is that correct? It's not a problem, but I'm in the planning phase for<br>> >> setting up an HD MythTV rig and trying to cover my bases.<br>> >><br>> >> thanks,
<br>> >> -Aaron<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> >> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> >> <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>> ><br>> > What channels you will get varies by your provider but in general you
<br>> > will not be able to get all your channels so most opt to go with a combo<br>> > firewire for HD channels and something like a PVR150 for analog channels.<br>> > It's what I am using and works pretty good.
<br>> ><br>> > Allan<br>><br>> Please elaborate on your setup. I am interested as this is what I am<br>> wanting to do as well.<br>> So for example, channels 2-35 in through analog cable to a PVR-150 and
<br>> 36-47 ( just an example) in through firewire from a set top box? And<br>> now, will Myth know that 2-35 is from one source, and 36-47 from<br>> another and have no probs with that?<br>><br><br>I'm also interested in such a setup (partial firewire, partial pvr-x50). I'm
<br>guessing the way to tell mythtv what channel to record from what source would<br>be to have two Datadirect profiles, with each one listing only the channels<br>you want from the corresponding source. For example, you can have a profile
<br>just for the channels you'll be recording over firewire, and a second one<br>for... everything else. Then in mythtv-setup you'll associate the correct<br>profile with the corresponding source.<br><br>At least that's what I'm planning on doing.
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>I am not sure if this is the best nor is it the only way but here is what I did to get it working on my end. I have firewire connected to my cable box(SA3250HD) receiving only 8 HD channels(172-179). I have a cable splitter before the cablebox going in to one PVR250 and a PVR150. I have two listings on Datadirect, one showing basic package(channels 1-99) and one with the digital package(1-999). I then setup myth to pull down both listings in mythtvsetup and I then associate video0-2 to the first listing and the firewire to the second listing. This enables myth to go to the right device to record shows on specific channels. Then if I went in to my guide I would see double channel listings for everything from 1-99. So I go in to mythweb and delete the channels on the second tuner for everything except the HD channels that I can pull out of my cablebox. Now if I go in my guide I see only channels 1-99 and then the 8 HD channels and I just set recordings as normal and Myth decides which tuner to select to record the channel. I have to admit that I have been very happy once I got the firewire working and the system is very stable, working great until I have to reboot then I have to do a little playing with the firewire to get it working. Hope this helps and let me know if you need more detail on just one section.
<br><br>Allan<br>