[mythtv-users] Firewire - Shaw - Score HD

Mark Hutchinson markhsa at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 17:39:24 UTC 2012


On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote:

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kane Tse" <kane.tse at gmail.com>
> > To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:23:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Firewire - Shaw - Score HD
> >
> > >
> > > I am still capturing all of my SHAW HD from my HDPVR due to this.
> > >   I tried
> > > with Firewire a couple of years back and saw too many issues.  Now
> > > I just
> > > use Firewire for channel changing.
> > > Do you find that this works fine for all other channels?  As a
> > > fellow
> > > Canadian with Shaw, I would be really interested in hearing about
> > > your
> > > experiences.  I have been thinking of trying another source for TV
> > > ( Telus
> > > or Sat )
> > >
> >
> > Once one eliminated the locked/protected channels (mostly the premium
> > HD channels like National Geographic, Discovery HD, The Score HD)
> > from
> > MythTV, I used a daisy chained Motorola DCT-6200 and DCT-6416 very
> > successfully with Shaw cable (Vancouver) for 3 years from 2008 to
> > 2011.  Had no zero-length or failed recordings over firewire capture
> > after the initial set-up period.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I had to leave Shaw for other reasons (pricing).  But
> > the firewire-based capture never failed me.  It's too bad some of
> > their newer hardware doesn't have firewire ports anymore.
>
> I just did a quick test of Discovery HD and National Geographic, and they
> both work over firewire just fine.
>
> Gerald
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Interesting.  I thought those had protection on them to prevent that.
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