[olug] MythTV and firewire control of Cox digital cable tuner

Benjamin Watson bwatson1979 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 29 21:30:25 UTC 2008


I was under the impression that most ports (Ethernet, USB, Firewire,
etc) on the COX boxes were disabled.

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> Has anyone played with this setup?  My MythTV system has a fire-wire port
> but no tuner.  I'd like to play with the FireWire control of the Cox cable
> box so it can start capturing shows.  (And thankfully the FCC seems to be on
> our side: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire#FCC_regulations)
>
> Anyone have any experience setting this up here in Omaha on the Cox
> network?  Pros / Cons?
>
> Dan
>
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