<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM, R. G. Newbury <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org">newbury@mandamus.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Dan Ritter wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 11:31:09PM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:<br>
>> Presuming you have a firewire output, you would feed that to a firewire<br>
>> input on your mythbox. Myth has the capability. You would also need an<br>
>> IR blaster to 'talk' to the STB, to change channels at the correct time,<br>
>> for recording. All input through the firewire input must be 'pre-tuned'<br>
>> at the STB. The IR blaster is just a computer controlled remote.<br>
><br>
> If true (and it may be), that's a Rogers'-specific misfeature. In general,<br>
> STBs with FireWire can be controlled through FW.<br>
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</div></blockquote></div><br>Oops didn't mention, I'm in Brampton, Ontario :)<br><br>So if I'm understanding correctly it appears that it'd be quite the task to get the Rogers box working with the HD1212 card (correct me if I'm wrong) vs just tacking on another PVR150. My question is, would the capture quality step-up with the HD1212 when all is said and done be worth it vs settling for another pvr150? (I really do like that the HD1212 would futureproof when we get HD in the house.)<br>
<br>Now let me pose an example so I'm clear on what I'd have to do and whether it'd be worth it. If I have my Myth server box in the basement and I have my desktop PC frontend in a room upstairs (as I do currently, not sure how it will be in the new house), then would the Rogers box sit in the basement plugged into the Myth box and bada boom bada bing that's it? The mention of the IR blaster needed also adds confusion for me as it sounds like I'd need to have a remote right at the server or am I misunderstanding??<br>
<br>Also I don't think my Myth box mobo has any firewire input, the mobo is many years old and I have moved it around case to case oodles of times, never seen a firewire input IIRC (but will check when I get home tonight). If it doesn't, then that's probably the reason to go with a new mobo/cpu/ram purchase.<br>
<br>Thanks again<br>Bob<br></div>