<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Trey Thompson</b> <<a href="mailto:treythompson@gmail.com">treythompson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><span class="e" id="q_112f83731a20c94f_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Seth Daniel</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:mythtv.org@sethdaniel.org" target="_blank">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:28:23PM -0500, Trey Thompson wrote:<br>> Right now I have analog cable and 3 tuners. AWESOME system! GO
<br>> MYTH!!!<br>><br>> I'm thinking of getting AT&T's new U-Verse, which uses the Motorola<br>> VIP 1200 (standard receiver, HD, yadda yadda), and the VIP 1216 (DVR<br>> model).<br>><br>> It has video out, HDMI with HDCP, ethernet, USB, Component, svideo,
<br>> composite and channel 3/4 RF.<br>><br>> Now, I know I could setup the composite to my PVR cards, but, does<br>> anyone know if or how I can get better images off the device? It<br>> reports Video codecs with advanced compression (MPEG-s, MPEG-4
<br>> (H.264), VC-1).<br>><br>> I told the guy on the phone with AT&T what I had, and he said "You can<br>> pull the video off it on any of the interfaces, even the ethernet".<br><br><br>I don't suppose you have learned anything more have you? I live in
<br>Southern California (where this U-Verse thing is being rolled out by<br>AT&T) and I was wondering what you are wondering. Can this Motorola VIP<br>1200 work with Myth? I see nothing on AVS Forum about this STB. I
<br>don't know if it has been used by anyone else before which may explain<br>the lack of information on it.<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/atandt-to-launch-moto-vip-1216-u-verse-box-in-october/" target="_blank">
http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/atandt-to-launch-moto-vip-1216-u-verse-box-in-october/ </a><br><br>Sounds like it's all IPTV based. The mention of H.264 is interesting I<br>guess. If I have understood the conversations regarding the BBC testing
<br>of H.264 and people with myth using said transmissions it sounds like <br>you need a fairly powerful machine to get decent playback.<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productDetail.asp?productID=441" target="_blank">
http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productDetail.asp?productID=441</a> <br><br>Somehow I don't think we'll be able to record HDTV, using either of these<br>devices, with Myth being involved.</blockquote></span>
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<div>Well, I had the service installed today. It seems pretty cool so far. 2Wire Router (Model 3800HGV-B), Motorola VIP 1200 STBs and a 1216 DVR. Of course, Myth is 10 times better. :)</div>
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<div>Now, can anyone recommend good ways to try and start figuring out if I can get the native recording's or native video streams off the STBs? I guess I'm limited to using the outputs on the STBs?</div></div>