[mythtv] Cable box as HDTV Tuner?

[mythtv at firelizards.com]

Hmm, I guess I need to call my cable provider to get a 6200 so that I have
the firewire.  Can you point me to that code from the AVS forums?
Eric

> On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 08:13:27PM -0400, weaselgod wrote:
>> Ok, I was reading this article.
>>
>> *http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040426151111599
>>
>> *and it got me thinking that it should be possible to use a firewire
>> connection to the box to control the channel and recieve HDTV (and maybe
>> other channels) output in MPEP format over the firewire.
>
> I'm actually looking into this, but it's been slow going for a number of
> reasons.
>
> I have a program that Dan Dennedy from the AVS forums wrote that can
> capture a stream from a Motorola 6200 box over firewire, and I'm modifying
> the hdtvrecorder class with the firewire code to get the job done.  It
> seems like I'm getting close, but then sometimes you don't know for sure
> until after it's working :)
>
> If anyone else has the equipment and would like to help out, let me know
> and I'll share what I've got so far.
>
> -- Tony  tony at blight.com
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