<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Kane Tse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kane.tse@gmail.com">kane.tse@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Mark Hutchinson <<a href="mailto:markhsa@gmail.com">markhsa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > I am still capturing all of my SHAW HD from my HDPVR due to this. I<br>
>> > tried<br>
>> > with Firewire a couple of years back and saw too many issues. Now I<br>
>> > just<br>
>> > use Firewire for channel changing.<br>
>> > Do you find that this works fine for all other channels? As a fellow<br>
>> > Canadian with Shaw, I would be really interested in hearing about your<br>
>> > experiences. I have been thinking of trying another source for TV (<br>
>> > Telus<br>
>> > or Sat )<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> Once one eliminated the locked/protected channels (mostly the premium<br>
>> HD channels like National Geographic, Discovery HD, The Score HD) from<br>
>> MythTV, I used a daisy chained Motorola DCT-6200 and DCT-6416 very<br>
>> successfully with Shaw cable (Vancouver) for 3 years from 2008 to<br>
>> 2011. Had no zero-length or failed recordings over firewire capture<br>
>> after the initial set-up period.<br>
>><br>
>> Unfortunately, I had to leave Shaw for other reasons (pricing). But<br>
>> the firewire-based capture never failed me. It's too bad some of<br>
>> their newer hardware doesn't have firewire ports anymore.<br>
><br>
> Are you still using Myth? What are you using now? I am interested in<br>
> alternative providers ( other than SHAW ) for Mythtv capture in Canada.<br>
><br>
<br>
Yes, still using MythTV. I currently use OTA (HDHomerun) for most<br>
recordings, and then have an HD-PVR hooked up to a single Optik TV<br>
(Telus) controlled via IR blaster. Everything is working quite well,<br>
although the HD-PVR seems to be sensitive to heat... Ever since I've<br>
placed it on a wire rack, the HDPVR recordings have been much more<br>
reliable.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>I would really be interested in your Telus setup. I want to convert to Telus in a month.<br>Could you let me know your setup details? Maybe share IRBlaster hardware type and conf files? If you would not mind?<br>