[mythtv] single source (cablebox) two input methods (pvr-150 and firewire) work together?

Brad Martin bmartin at fatlxception.no-ip.org
Fri Dec 9 19:27:45 EST 2005


>
> Subject:
> Re: [mythtv] single source (cablebox) two input methods (pvr-150 and 
> firewire) work together?
> From:
> Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:01:40 -0500
> To:
> mythtv-dev at mythtv.org
>
> To:
> mythtv-dev at mythtv.org
>
>
>On Thursday 08 December 2005 10:55, Keith C wrote:
>  
>
>>On Dec 8, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Steve Adeff wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Sent this to the user list with no response, so I assume its not
>>>possible.
>>>-----
>>>ok, DCT6200, with 5C on many channels, os some channels can be
>>>received
>>>through the firewire no problem, the rest can use the pvr-150.
>>>
>>>Is there a way to set it up so that when Myth needs to record a
>>>5C=0 channel
>>>it uses the firewire transfer from the box but when it needs to
>>>record a
>>>5C=1+ it uses the PVR-150? I can manually tell Myth which channels use
>>>firewire and which use the PVR-150 but what I need to know is if
>>>there is a
>>>way to tell it that both methods are using the same cable box and
>>>therefore
>>>it can't use both simultaneously?
>>>------
>>>
>>>Since many people will have a similar setup with their cable box (some
>>>channels 5C=0 some 5C=1, a nice ability would be to be able to have
>>>Myth take
>>>some channels via firewire and some via a PVR-150 from the same
>>>cable box.
>>>      
>>>
>>I don't see a way to do this, as the scheduler would need to know
>>that it couldn't run both sources at the same time.
>>
>>Keith
>>    
>>
>
>something that could be added? This is a situation that many people with the 
>DCT boxes could take advantage of.
>  
>
I've been wondering the same thing myself, since Comcast just enabled 5C 
in my area a couple months ago.  I think it would be pretty simple to 
tie my digital cable channel information to the S-Video input of my 
PVR-250 in Myth, and manually set 6200ch as the channel changer.  Myth 
just needs some way to mark certain inputs as mutually exclusive so it 
doesn't schedule a firewire show at the same time.  If anyone's counting 
votes for coding this feature, count me in.

    --Brad



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