[mythtv-users] Not getting all channels!

[Marc]

> On 10/14/07, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >  Hello again everyone.  I've had a few threads asking about this
> topic, but
> > thought I'd give it another shot.  All of the suggestions that I have
> gotten
> > in the past haven't worked, so I'm rethinking my current setup.  I
> have a
> > pcHDTV5500 card and Myth-0.20.2 (the SD updated version) on FC6, and
> have
> > Comcast in Southern New Jersey.  I used Myth to scan for channels and
> came
> > up with 328 channels.  However, only 50 of them are known/usable.
> The rest
> > of them simply show a blank screen when I tune them within Myth, or
> show the
> > "You should've gotten a lock by now" message.  All of the blank
> channels
> > have channel IDs similar to 79#0, 17#1, etc.
> >
> >  I started looking around at the forums on the pcHDTV site, and came
> across
> > this thread:
> > http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1707.  In it,
> > it is mentioned that Comcast sends everything encrypted except for
> the
> > really basic cable (local stations, home shopping stations, etc.).
> Could
> > this be what I'm running into?  Am I basically screwed here and
> "S.O.L."?
> >
> >  Would investing in an HDHomeRun device help me get more of the
> channels
> > that Comcast transmits in my area?  I do have firewire from my STB to
> my
> > Myth box, and I do know that it's working (I think I used portctl to
> test
> > it; something like that), but I haven't tried using it to record
> programs.
> > Would I need to get the firewire working so that the encrypted
> channels come
> > into the STB, then use the firewire connection to record?
> >
> >  Thanks for any help.  This is pretty much the last thing that I need
> to get
> > working to have the fully functional Myth setup that I envisioned
> several
> > months ago when I started all of this.
> >
> >  Harry
> >
> 
> The HDHomerun isn't going to allow you to record any encrypted
> channesl; you're only going to get the same ones you're picking up via
> your PCHDTV card.
> 
> You may have better luck using your firewire connection.
> _______________________________________________

Usually not.. The encrypted channels are usually encrypted over the firewire
port too.