[olug] MythTV - Cox Communications

[Nick Hajek]

I've saved video to a file on a pc using the firewire port on a Motorola
DVR.   On Windows, (sorry) it was a matter of installing a firewire
driver and a program which wrote the stream to a file. 

Nick

Kenny Kant wrote:
> Perhaps this has been discussed before but I wanted to ask you all 
> question in regard to using MythTV with Cox.  In my past installation I 
> have gotten along great using variants of the Haupauge Tuner cards for 
> standard definition viewing.  Now that we have a HDTV setup I want to 
> build a Myth system to play well in this world.  I understand that I can 
> get unencrypted QAM stuff off the wire  ...etc   and I also understand 
> about the over-the-air ATSC stuff.  I am curious as to how I would get 
> premium HD channels from Cox if I wanted them.  I understand my options 
> to be the following:
>
> - Give up on Myth and purchase a pre-built Media PC and utilize Cox 
> Cable card technology.
>
> - Get the Cox Cable box and utilize the HDMI output or similar to pipe 
> HD signal into my Myth backend system.  I would then need to control the 
> Cox box via serial and or an IR-Blaster.
>
> - Get the Cox Cable box which has firewire output and utilize this to 
> pull MPEG2 ..etc straight into Myth.
>
> I am really curious as to if the Firewire option is possible.  Do any of 
> you have Tuners from Cox that actually have this installed?  I have a 
> friend of mine who claims that it is Federal Law that mandates cable 
> co's to provide this as an option.  I currently have an email into Cox 
> asking about this but thought I would check on opinions here.  Am I 
> missing other BETTER options?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kenny
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