[mythtv-users] Question about Firewire and Digital Cable

[Michael T. Dean]

Tom E. Craddock Jr. wrote:

> Michael Tiller wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in finding a digital cable receiver that will allow me 
>> to stream (via firewire) directly to my MythTV box.  I just called 
>> WOW and they said that they provide Scientific Atlanta 3100/3200 
>> boxes.  They seemed somewhat vague about *exactly* what they 
>> provided.  If I get really serious, I'll try to pin them down, but 
>> that isn't my question...
>>
>> I notice that people talk about 3250's as having firewire ports.  
>> But, what the guy from WOW said was that they had to license these 
>> ports in order to use them and that WOW does not license them.  The 
>> bottom line (at least according to him) is that there is no way to 
>> use a firewire port on a receiver even if your receiver has such a port.
>>
>> Does this sound right?  Anybody with WOW (ideally in SE Michigan :-) 
>> care to comment?
>>
>> Thanks a bunch if you can confirm (or even better, refute) this 
>> information.
>
> The people @ WOW are woefully wrong.  Search this list at 
> gossamer-threads (google search mythtv & gossamer-threads) for FCC and 
> Firewire, youll find posts linking to the FCCs requirement of firewire 
> ports as of July '04.

Perhaps wrong about not enabling the ports, but they are right about the 
ports not working unless they enable them.  ;)

Mike