On 6/14/05, Joe Schmoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, > > First off, thanks for responding - I really appreciate > it. > > --- David Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1. I have a Scientific Atlanta SA3250 with enabled > > > firewire ports. Is mythTV support for automatic > > > recording of HD and SD channels through the > > firewire > > > port completely nailed down, or is it still > > > experimental or buggy ? > > > > I also have a SA3250 that I use for recording, and > > from my experience > > they setup still has much to be desired from a > > stability standpoint. > > This isn't MythTV's fault per say since that side of > > things works > > reliably. The problems I run into is that > > occasionally the cable box > > will get "confused" and for some reason will think > > that channels that > > do not have any copy protection flags set are "copy > > once" material and > > will refuse to broadcast it over the firewire bus. > > > How often does your cable company release > updates/fixes/firmwares for the box ? This is not > acceptable, and further, seems illegal - if the letter > of the law is to mandate the existence of these ports > and thus and such abilities on those ports, then > having them refuse playback/record is a breach of that > law. > > I would call them and point out that unlike other > "technical difficulties", this one puts them in breach > of the law, and then threaten to report them to the > FCC over it. > > > > > 5. Will mythTV + SA3250 + working firewire allow > > me to > > > change channels over firewire when recording off > > of > > > it? I really want to not do the lame IR dongle > > hack > > > > You will not be able to change channels on the > > SA3250 over the > > firewire bus. This box does not currently have any > > support for doing > > like the Motorola ones do. You will have to do the > > IR Blaster route. > > I built a simple blaster and have had success > > changing channels, but > > occasionally the box drops some numbers causing my > > recordings to fail > > since the box is not tuned to the correct channel > > when this happens. > > > Ok, this is absurd. Sorry, but the IR blasting method > that everyone is using with their tivos and their > HTPCs, etc., is completely lame. It's a duct tape > style hack that I will not be using. > > Do you have any idea what the difficulty is ? Is it > possible, but just disabled in that particular box ? > Or does that box not even have that ability ? It > seems that other (non myth) people (not with time > warner) are changing channels with that box over > firewire... > > What advantage do the cable companies gain by not > allowing channel changing over firewire ? What do > they gain ? > > Thanks again. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
Wow, you speak as if you're as angry towards the cable companies as I feel. I guess the futility of dealing with them hasn't set in for you. As for channel changing over firewire on the SA3250 (which I have, and have tried with the 6200 code), I believe the box simply doesn't support it - but I could be wrong. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users