[mythtv-users] HD, Satellite, and 169time.com

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 15 September 2005 9:45, James Oltman wrote:
> On 9/15/05, Tom Dombrosky <tbdombrosky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 9/15/05, Moasat <mythtv at moasat.dyndns.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > >
> > > > The output produced by the 169time.com 
> > > > <http://169time.com>modification is NOT 
> > > > compatible with MythTV. There was post awhile back; someone
> > > > tried to contact 169 to write a capture driver, but 169 
> > > > refused to give out info on the format. (I may be a little
> > > > off on the details, but that was basically the case) I've got
> > > > the same problem as you - can't give up DirecTV (b/c of
> > > > football), but am struggling with not being able to record 
> > > > dish-only HD channels.
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> > I could have sworn that after the stream leaves the AVX1 it is 
> > compatible  
> > with the DVHS recorders. Shouldn't that be compatible with mythtv 
> > then? 
> > 
> > Tom

My understanding is that the 169time mods merely provide access over 
firewire to the digital stream from the satellite provider (possibly 
with 5C protetction removed).  I'm not sure what that format is, but I 
don't think it's MPEG.  Myth's firewire support is geared toward MPEG, 
AFAIK.

-JAC