[Tfug] MythTV and Cox/DirecTV

[Tom Rini]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 09:39:07PM -0700, Jeff Breadner wrote:
> Tom Rini wrote:
>> Hey guys.  I'm once again thinking about a MythTV setup and wondering
>> what my options are in town, wrt Cox Digital Cable (specifically the
>> digital cable package stuff like BBC America, G4, etc) or DirecTV.
>> After doing some research it seems like if the provider is "nice" you
>> can get a digital signal directly in, but if they aren't you have to use
>> an IR blaster and take the analog signal out of the cable box and bring
>> that into the capture card.
>>
>> So, does anyone know what's possible with Cox (Comcast isn't an option
>> in this part of town) or DirecTV and digital channels?  I'm kind of
>> hoping to get rid of the cable-co DVR.  Thanks!
>>
>>   
> I have Cox, with digital cable, and a MythTV 0.20-fixes server with a  
> Hauppauge PVR-150 capture card connected directly to the cable company  
> (no receiver/IR blaster).  All the digital channels appear as static,  
> and IIRC they charge $15/month for a HD receiver (you can't buy one) so  
> I've not bothered going the IR blaster route.  I've not really looked  
> into whether it's possible to decrypt this signal though, I'd be  
> interested in hearing if it is possible outside of the IR blaster route.

So if I'm following http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Recording_Digital_Cable
right, that means (and this isn't a surprise) Cox doesn't do the
Analog-Digital Simulcasting thing (a quick googling says what I thought,
the PVR-150 isn't a QCAM card too).

-- 
Tom Rini