[mythtv-users] Firewire - Shaw - Score HD

[Kane Tse]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Mark Hutchinson <markhsa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote:
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>> ----- 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
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>> > > 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 )
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>> > 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> I just did a quick test of Discovery HD and National Geographic, and they
>> both work over firewire just fine.
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>> Gerald
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> Interesting.  I thought those had protection on them to prevent that.

The exact channels may be wrong due to my bad memory... but there were
definitely some premium HD channels I couldn't record from.  The list
of protected channels does seem to vary by area.  Shaw doesn't seem
interested in supporting firewire capture so they don't have a
consistent policy in-place.

What region are you in?