<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Gerald Brandt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gbr@majentis.com">gbr@majentis.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> From: "Kane Tse" <<a href="mailto:kane.tse@gmail.com">kane.tse@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:23:46 AM<br>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire - Shaw - Score HD<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > I am still capturing all of my SHAW HD from my HDPVR due to this.<br>
> > I tried<br>
> > with Firewire a couple of years back and saw too many issues. Now<br>
> > I just<br>
> > use Firewire for channel changing.<br>
> > Do you find that this works fine for all other channels? As a<br>
> > fellow<br>
> > Canadian with Shaw, I would be really interested in hearing about<br>
> > your<br>
> > experiences. I have been thinking of trying another source for TV<br>
> > ( Telus<br>
> > or Sat )<br>
> ><br>
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> Once one eliminated the locked/protected channels (mostly the premium<br>
> HD channels like National Geographic, Discovery HD, The Score HD)<br>
> 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>
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I just did a quick test of Discovery HD and National Geographic, and they both work over firewire just fine.<br>
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Gerald<br>
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