[mythtv] Switched Digital Video Problem

David Engel david at istwok.net
Mon Jul 26 21:30:23 UTC 2010


On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 03:48:50PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:54 AM, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> > Technically, yes, but I'd prefer not to use IR. ?I use firewire to
> > change channels and would rather have a firewire solution. ?If there's
> > a no-op that can be done over firewire, I'd like to hear about it. ?I
> > tried changing to an invalid channel hoping the STB would ignore it,
> > but instead, it change to the nearest channel.
> 
> Does the AVC command to get power status work on your box? (And
> obviously, if yes, then does it prevent the auto-switch). Or maybe
> poke at volume a bit (which should be a no-op if you've got digital
> pass-through set, right)? Beyond that, off the top of my head, a quick
> info/exit pair is the next best thing I can think of.
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/stb-command/wiki/Commands may yield further ideas.

Cool.  This looks like just what I need.  

Sadly, no, I'm not ust using digital audio.  I'm one of the unlucky
ones whose HD-PVRs don't like the digital audio coming from their
STBs, so I have to use analog audio to get glitch-free recordings.

David
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David Engel
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