[mythtv-users] So confused. Firewire to STB - channel change script - mythchanger

Gabe Rubin gaberubin at gmail.com
Mon Mar 24 18:19:35 UTC 2014


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Bob Shanteau <rmshant at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/22/2014 6:11 AM, Philip Isaacs wrote:
> >>
> >> So I'm experimenting with using a Firewire to connect to my STB and that
> >> seems to be working.
> >>
> >> But now I want to set up the external channel change command script.
> >
> >
> > Why do you want to use an external channel change command script? I
> simply
> > subscribed to schedulesdirect.org, told mythv about my Comcast STB,
> gave it
> > my schedulesdirect.org login and password and it changes channels
> > automatically.
>
> I think that only works when you're actually recording over firewire.
> If you're only using firewire to change channels, but recording with
> something else (e.g. analog capture with an HDPVR or something
> similar), mythtv still requires a script as far as I know.
>
> Eric
>

Can someone provide more detail on this?  This is the first I ever heard of
being able to use SD to change channels.
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