yes on 2, no on 1
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:05:17 -0500 (EST), Randy Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I never got any responses from this question. Does anyone have any > experiences with a similar setup? Any ideas if this could be made to work? > > thanks, > -Randy > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Randy Carpenter wrote: > > > > > I am looking into the possibility of replacing the DVR from my cable > > company with a MythTV setup. > > > > I have Digital cable, so I would need to use a digital box, and control it > > via an IR Blaster. > > > > There are a couple questions I have about how this would work: > > > > 1. Is there a way for MythTV to detect if the cable box power is on, and > > turn it on if necessary? Simply leaving the cable box on all the time is > > not necessarily an option, as sometimes the cable company uploads firmware > > upgrades, and that causes the box to reboot, and sometimes shutdown. > > > > 2. I want dual tuners, but don't want to hassle with 2 boxes. If I connect > > a digital box with an IR blaster (giving me channels 2-78 analog, and > > 100-300+ digital), and I have a second tuner card with just analog cable > > (2-78) coming in, can MythTV be configured to handle this? Recording > > digital channels would need to default to the first tuner, but the first > > tuner would also need to be able to record analog stations, in the event > > that 2 analog stations needed to be recorded at the same time. I > > understand that I cannot have dual tuners on digital stations. This is ok, > > as I record very little from the digital stations. > > > > thanks, > > > > -Randy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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