[mythtv-users] MythTV and HDTV future

[Chris Weiland]

Something that hasn't really been emphasized yet is that you should be able
to use the firewire port on your cable box to capture HDTV streams.  Some
cable providers will encrypt this stream, but as far as I can tell, most
don't.  Mythtv can control the channel of your cable box and capture the HD
stream over the firewire connection.

All cable boxes are required to include this functionality, so if your cable
box doesn't have a firewire port, ask for a replacement.

For more information, see http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FireWire

On 3/1/07, Rich West <Rich.West at wesmo.com> wrote:
>
> Michael Rice wrote:
> >> From: "Kevin Ould" <crippler75 at gmail.com>
> >>
> >>> Why must they make it so hard to use HD content on out Myth Boxes.
> >>>
> >> :-(
> >>
> >
> > >From what I've been reading it seems unlikely that encrypted content
> from a
> > cable box will be usable on Linux due to the commercial nature of the
> copy
> > protection.  If that is the case I will have to say goodbye to MythTV
> when I
> > want to go with HDTV.  I might want to keep MythTV for unencrypted
> content
> > but have two DVR solutions probably won't help in WAF.
> >
> > So what are my options?
> >
> > I used Tivo for years before MythTV and while it was a lot better than
> no
> > DVR it has problems... I had three go bad from (apparent) disk
> failure...
> > but having only 40GB and one tuner is the biggest problem.
> >
> > Renting a DVR from the cable/satellite company might be better in that I
> > could upgrade easier... but I currently use four tuners... I don't want
> to
> > rent 4 DVRs...  Maybe there are dual tuner models but that is 2 DVRs
> > anyway... and I wonder if they could correctly work together on
> > scheduling...
> >
> > I don't have Vista or Windows Media Center but I assume Microsoft would
> be
> > able to provide this... at least at some point... but going from MythTV
> to
> > Microsoft isn't real appealing.
> >
> > Anyway this is very depressing... :(
>
> Even with Media Center you would have problems.  I seriously doubt that
> it would work with everything.
>
> One thing to consider would be that any set top box capable of
> outputting HD must also be able to send its signal over a lower-quality
> output such as coax, composite, or s-video.  Hence, you could still get
> your content on your MythTV system, but it wouldn't be in HD format.
>
> With that said, I am sure you could come up with a way to get all of the
> unencrypted channels as HD, and the encrypted HD channels in non-HD. :)
>
> -Rich
>
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