[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 44, Issue 11

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/02/2006 10:30 PM, Mark Lehrer wrote:
>> Well only certain channels are passed over firewire, for me in San
>> Francisco it is most of the basic cable channels (under ch 82), and
>> the HD channels that are available over the air.  Definitely not HBO
>> or HBOHD, ESPNHD, DiscoveryHD, etc.  They turn on the 5C flag on
>> most the channels so that they are not passed over the firewire
>> port.
>>     
> Ack, so is there no possible way to use MythTV with the hi def
> Comcast cable channels
except by outputting them from the cable STB as standard-def to a 
capture card
> ?  That is quite unfortunate.
That is the way media is moving, today.

Mike