[olug] myth + COX firewire HD
Kenny Kant
kenny.kant at running-config.com
Tue Oct 12 23:34:11 UTC 2010
I should also note that the firewire port working may not be by
default. I did have one support call early on because I could not use
the firewire test program successfully. It did not magically turn
after the call however when I tried a week later it worked. I wrote it
off as wierd reboot sequence foo... but there were support calls made
were I specifically asked about the firewire port. Cox responded by
saying that they dont "support" the port but it was enabled.
Kenny
On 10/12/2010 8:28 AM, Dan Linder wrote:
> Hey, congrats on the setup. Looks like either I had a bad DVR box, or
> Cox has fixed/updated their systems to permit firewire.
>
> Dan
>
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 23:18, Kenny Kant
> <kenny.kant at running-config.com <mailto:kenny.kant at running-config.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Well I can now report back that my Firewire setup seems to work
> with my Mythtv system. I have my Cox digital box here in Omaha
> hooked directly to my Mythtv backend server and all seems well. I
> am able to tune in most of the channels from Cox using the
> firewire connection and receive the full HD picture even the more
> "premium" channels such has HGTVHD, ESPNHD ...etc which is
> exciting. I need to go through and remove some channels that I
> dont subscribe to like HBO ..etc but I was expecting to have to do
> that. In addition I use a PVR-150 as a second tuner so I need to
> do some schedule lineup cleaning but that is more related to me
> learning to live with 2 tuners for the first time.
>
> The setup of the firewire was not that bad. I pulled a lot of
> information from:
>
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/FireWire
>
>
> Mythbackend setup detected my Firewire connection. I am using the
> Motorola DCX-3200M box from Cox with the speed set to 100 megabits
> and broadcast mode. I also had to use the 6200ch external channel
> changing program and make sure that Myth used it for that device.
> The newest 6200ch code has support for the DCX-3200M box but I
> did have to get into the source and manually tell it which "node"
> my cable box was identified as on the bus before I compiled.
>
>
> So anyway all there is HOPE for HD and Mythtv. I will be testing
> over these next couple of weeks and reporting back.
>
>
>
> Kenny
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/8/2010 4:17 AM, Will Langford wrote:
>
> At the end of the day, my end objective is to have myth
> serving up my High
> definition, recorded content to upnp media clients, ps3
> for example as well
> as other myth frontends. Finding torrents for my favorite
> shows is a real
> pita lately, and I just want to automate my content
> recording and possibly
> transcode out the commercials! and I'll be damned if I
> spend any money on a
> news feed just to grab video!
>
>
> I'm really looking forward to knowing how the firewire works
> out. I've been
> tempted to take the plunge but can't justify the time sink...
> glad someone
> else local is gonna try it out for me :). Granted, I've grown
> very
> accustomed to multiple tuners, so... I'll end up paying a fair
> bit more for
> cable setup if firewire does indeed work. 2 Cox Box's rent a
> month, extra
> cost of digital cable, and then the $20 firewire card and a
> few TB of disk
> storage.... and possibly hardware upgrade depending on the
> load firewire
> puts on system. I'm glad I went with a bigger sized HTPC case
> rather than a
> nifty little book-sized system.
>
> As far as the Hauppauge HDPVR, a coworker got one a few months
> back and
> recorded some PS3 game play to it. Looked real nice :)
>
> Just for a har har har:
>
> Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and eBay have all of the torrents I
> want burnt to
> DVD already. Really convenient to go and spend just a few min
> to pick out
> what I want and walk out the door with it in an already
> archived commercial
> free high quality format.... or have it waiting on my desk at
> work....
>
> Granted, there's the pesky chore of having to rip the DVD to
> store'em on the
> HD for ease of playback.... but for me, the time it takes to
> find what I'm
> looking for as well as download and verify and hope it's of
> good quality...
> not to mention possible legal repercussions ... it's just
> cheaper (in just
> pure time spent alone) to amazon/ebay/walmart it. In the hour
> or two it
> takes to do all of that... your hourly wage surely covers the
> 'retail'
> cost... and I'd rather much do something more constructive /
> useful with my
> time than web crawl / verify :)
>
> Then again, I take the same approach to computers. If I can
> spend $X and
> not have to fight with it for Y hours.... then... $X is
> cheaper than trying
> to hack it together.
>
> -Will
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