<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 10, 2016, at 4:52 PM, Gabe Rubin <<a href="mailto:gaberubin@gmail.com" class="">gaberubin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:08 PM, DryHeat122 . <<a href="mailto:dryheat122@gmail.com" class="">dryheat122@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
> OK. I'm using a HDPVR now with my cable BOX, so that's fine. I am still<br class="">
> wondering about channel changing.<br class="">
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</span>Some of the newer DirecTV boxes allow channel<br class="">
changing via HTTP requests (scripts are on the<br class="">
MythTV wiki). The older ones will (likely) require<br class="">
an IR blaster (discussion of those are also on<br class="">
the wiki).<br class="">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I used directv when I first started with Myth (which was 12-13 years ago, which is crazy realizing that). My directv box had a way to connect to the serial port of my mythbox (may have been an adapter) and I could change channels that way. What ports does your stb box have? <br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote>the HTTP channel change scripts work great. I’ve been using them for years. I also have the hdpvr (2 of them) and 2 DirecTV hdtv set top boxes the communicate over the network (not a serial cable). It’s been a pretty flawless experience for me.</div><br class=""></body></html>