[mythtv-users] Comcast Set-Top Box and OSD

[Brad DerManouelian]

Jeff Clark wrote:
> Comcast in Boston makes you use their box since all the channels are
> digital, which means that I definitely have to use a set-top box to
> control my channels (right?).
>   
If you want to get encrypted programs, yes. You can bypass the box if 
they're sending you unencrypted channels for everything you want to 
record and have a digital tuner (likely not the case on the first bit).
> I'm curious though: when I hook my Mythbox up to my set-top box and
> change the channel to start a recording or whatever, won't the OSD
> from the Motorola box be recorded onto the Mythbox recording?  Is
> there any way around this?
>   
I added a 1 second sleep to my channel change script so it wouldn't 
return a successful channel change until the OSD went away. I also 
soft-pad all my programs with a 15 second early start time so I never 
miss the beginning even with this delay.

-Brad