[mythtv-users] SA3250 HD + firewire questions

[Daniel Agar]

>
>
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Norm wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 10:36 -0400, Keith Lawson wrote:
>> >
>> > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Norm wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 10:16 -0400, Keith Lawson wrote:
>> > > > Hello,
>> > > >
>> > > > I just started working on getting firewire going so that I can
>> record HD
>> > > > channels and can't seem to get things working properly. I have a
>> couple of
>> > > > questions regarding how I should be setting things up.
>> > > >
>> > > > 1 - Can I only get HD channels over firewire or should all the
>> channels
>> > > > the STB receives be available over firewire?
>> > > >
>> > > You can only get channels you subscribe too -- any digital channel
>> will
>> > > come through.
> <snip>
>
> So that means the firewire connection should be the only connection I
> require to myth? I don't need to connect svideo for the regular SD
> channels?
>
> Keith.
>

You should really give it a try to see what you get through firewire. I
have an sa3250 and only get a few HD channels through firewire. I still
use svideo connected to a pvr150 to record the rest.

Daniel