Jon Kunze wrote: > I'm looking to setup my Scientific Atlanta 3250 to capture to my FC3 > MythBox, and I'm wondering two things. > > 1. I need to get some more of firewire interface added to my machine. > I read on Jarod's Guide that the SoundBlaster Audigy with fire wire > works great. I'm curious if anyone else has any experience with this > card in Myth. Are you able to get 5.1 output, as well as capture from > your HD box with it? And if so, which model is the best one to get. I > would like to get the most basic model that willl achieve 5.1 sound as > well as firewire interface. > > 2. Are you able to change channels on the 3250 through Firewire? Or do > you use an IR blaster? I had some experience with IR blasters on Tivo > years ago, and i had a few problems with missed codes and such. > Obviously, I would like to change channels through Firewire to > eliminate this issue. > > Thank for any input anyone can give. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >mythtv-users mailing list >mythtv-users@mythtv.org >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > I use my 3250HD to capture in Myth.
You have to use some variation of an IR Blaster to change channels. To avoid missed channel change codes, I wrap the front display of my 3250 in aluminum foil, and haven't missed a channel change yet. As for using a Sound Blaster. I have an Audigy2 and use the firewire port from it. I can't seem to get these streams to go output through spdif for some reason, (I know its not the card since I can output dvd audio streams through spdif). I just get crackly undecodable audio streams in all of speakers. Software decoding of the streams does work however, and I just output analog 5.1. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users