<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Kenneth Emerson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenneth.emerson@gmail.com">kenneth.emerson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Larry K <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lunchtimelarry@gmail.com" target="_blank">lunchtimelarry@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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Since Comcast hosed pretty much all my unencrypted QAM (except the networks, of course), I just picked up an HD-PVR, another STB, and have been reading through all the materials I can find. <div><br></div><div>On this wiki -> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR</a></div>
<div><br></div></div><div><br>Larry:<br></div></blockquote><div>A lot depends on what STB Comcast gave you. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have the Motorola DCX3200 HD box. It comes with an IR remote. </div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>People on this list seem to have had good luck using firewire to change channels on STB's (as do I). If your STB has a firewire port AND it is enabled I'd suggest you look at 6200ch which AFAIK is included in the mythtv packages (<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_External_Channel_Changer" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythTV_External_Channel_Changer</a>) or try mythchanger <a>(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/majoridiot</a>). Personally I use mythchanger because it produced better debug for me to understand what was going on when I was attempting to record over the firewire. I since gave up that goal and purchased an HDPVR, as you did. </div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I guess my question is, given my STB, should I pursue channel changing with the HD-PVR builtin IR blaster, since my STB can respond to IR commands, or should I go with a channel changing script, which I assume requires a firewire connection? It's not clear to me if the myth - HD-PVR USB connection is just to receive content, or if that is bi-directional and can support commands to the HD-PVR as well. For instance, the HDHR I have uses the Ethernet connection bidirectionally, both to receive channel change commands, and to dump content back on the wire for myth to pick up.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> If you cannot get the firewire to work (BTW, if it has a firewire port but is not enabled, I'd try complaining to Comcast first) you'd have to go the way of an IR blaster. There has been a lot of discussion on this list on getting the HD-PVR blaster to work. You'll need to search the list. But firewire is the way to go if possible. Very reliable and easy. My entry for the script is:<br>
mythchanger -c and mythtv fills in the channel.<br><br>Good luck.<br><br>-- Ken E.<br></div></div><br>
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