[mythtv-users] Motorola DCX3200-M

Mark Hutchinson mark.h at me.com
Tue Sep 1 17:31:35 UTC 2015


If you are using an HDPVR, does this not become a non issue?


> On Sep 1, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> wrote:
>> However, Shaw is also offering a "HD Box" (their words) that, after a couple calls to verify, I won't have to add some new plan and that the box could replace the DCT-700 - I'd get the digital SD I'd get with the DCT, and "HD Basic". It's a Motorola DCX3200-M single-tuner HD box for $138 that will get a dozen or so HD channels from the plan that I'm paying for already.
>> 
>> There's not a lot of current info from Google about these boxes and Myth. Apparently it's workable, at least a couple years ago. Anyone using this box?  Do I need a capture card for it? Can be used in Fedora 22? IR-blaster-able?
>> 
>> https://community.shaw.ca/docs/DOC-1281
> 
> You're putting the cart before the horse.  The question shouldn't be
> "How do I record from a Motorola DCX3200-M?", it should be "How do I
> best record HD from Shaw Cable in Canada?"   To answer that question,
> you need to know whether or not the channels are encrypted and how the
> copy control information flags are set on the channels you care about.
> 
> Eric
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