[olug] OT: follow up on component capture and a myth/pv350 question

[Benjamin Watson]

Let us know how it all works out for you in the end.  Providing more
flexibility/functionality than the Telcos provide on the cheap is what
I'm all about.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Benjamin Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Check the number of tuners available on the PVR card.  I believe the
>> 150/250 have a single tuner whereas the 350 has two tuners.  You could
>> grab 2 pvr150s and accomplish the same thing (record 2 channels
>> simultaneously, record 1 watch 1 live, etc.).  Even if the COX S-Video
>> to PVR interface doesn't work, you could feed the COX box Coax output
>> to the PVR and record whatever the cable box is pumping out.  MythTV
>> supports multiple PVR cards (e.g. multiple tuners), just have to set
>> them up.
>
> Every piece of typical product descriptions etc all say the 350 is a
> single tuner.  I'm unsure if they're specifically saying only one coax
> tuner, or if they really do mean 'record from one source at a time'.
> The 500 series is the dual tuner cards... and I believe unless stated,
> the 'hybrid' tuners are also single-source-at-a-time.
>
>> Again, if you buy a Hauppage PVR, most of them come with remotes that
>> work with MythTV out of the box.
>
> Finding NIB non-thousand series cards appears to be becoming more
> difficult.  And, not immediately wanting to limit my choices (ie: NIB
> and MCE compatible)... experimenting with a super cheap
> PVR250-blackbird-based design thing under WinMCE isn't overly evil.
> If I end up liking the practicality of the setup, I'll undoubtedly
> move to a MythTV client/server design and supported hardware :).
>
>> The IR blaster on the other hand connects to a serial port on your
>> computer (make sure it has one).  You tape (ther other end of) the IR
>
> The ir blaster from the ir blaster site that... i think... Craig (?)
> mentioned is pass-through / 'transparent' in design yes. It's
> mentioned as one of the finer selling points.  The thing that's coming
> with my card has the 3.5mm stereo plug style hookup and plugs into the
> tuner card itself.  If the transmitter I'm getting is 'transparent' or
> not, I'm unsure of, we'll see.
>
> I think the major benefit (despite any slowness or other possible
> issues) with ir blasting & svideo capture is that it'd allow manually
> doing On Demand stuff.
>
> My new cheap card will arrive Friday, so I'll undoubtedly get a
> Schedules Direct trial/year membership thing this weekend... and give
> it all a go.
>
> -Will
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