[mythtv-users] Documentation for sources.

[Ted Manka]

Michael,

I was not offended one bit! Where are these lists? I looked on
mythtv.org<http://mythtv.org>and it brought me to the email lists....I
assume that you are talking about
something other than the email lists?

Thanks,
Ted

On 11/1/05, Michael Bochynski <mbochynski at audiumcorp.com> wrote:
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> Ted,
>
>
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> On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 16:29 -0500, Ted Manka wrote:
>
> Great! Thanks a ton Michael. Will MythTV also be able to change channels?
> I know that from each of these boxes that it can output one channel at a
> time. For example digital cable will have signal go into the tuner box and
> then out to the television. In the box, the digital channels are decrypted
> (I think that is how it works) and then the box only outputs one channel in
> the coax cable to the television. Can MythTV decode the digital channels
> before it gets to the box? Is there a way around that? I am sure that I just
> don't have a full understanding of the way that this works. Please excuse
> the newbie questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Ted
>
>  I strongly suggest asking questions on the list, instead of the emails.
> There are a lot of smart people over there.
>
> With that said, quick answer for you. Will MythTV be able to change
> channels? Yes, however you would need an IR blaster. It's a small device,
> connected to your PC, which, when you change channels in MythTV, sends a
> signal to a cable/satellite/FIOS box to change channel on this box. You can
> think of it as programming your TV remote to change channels on the cable
> box.
>
> Going further with TV comparisons, MythTV sits AFTER your cable box, the
> very same way as your TV, not BEFORE the cable box. Hence, the TV signal
> from your wall goes to a cable box FIRST and THEN to MythTV and all the
> decoding (allowing output signal) will be handled by the cable box, not
> MythTV. So if you are looking for decoding (watching) channels which you are
> not subscribed to, MythTV is not what you are looking for. BTW, if your
> cable box has S-Video out (most likely that's the case) you don't have to
> use coax cable. Actually, you shouldn't use coax cable if you have any kind
> of tv service (physical box provided to you by your tv operator).
>
> I know that I can offend many people on the list, but using a great
> (humongous) simplicity, MythTV has the same functionality as TV and VCR
> together. Obviously there is much more, but I don't want to overload you
> with the information.
>
> Here is the (full) explanation form MythTV project site:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1
>
> Michael
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