[mythtv-users] Can Myth 'tune' these 'free' converter boxes?

[John Drescher]

> What you are talking about is the standard method of capturing digital cable
> in MythTV.  Some people get additional channels over QAM, some over
> firewire, but for the most part, the only option is to grab an IR blaster to
> control the box, and capture over composite or svideo.
>

This is option 3 in the wiki:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Recording_Digital_Cable

John