[H-GEN] now cable capture

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Fri Oct 8 01:43:09 EDT 2010


On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Russell Stuart wrote:

> But yes you are right, using Foxtel's box to do the decoding will work.
> The downsides are if you do that some of the more interesting uses, such
> as recording more than one show, become impossible.  And you have to

Indeed.  I worked around this on MythTV by having two tuners :)

> reply on things like IR blasters to ensure the recorder is on, and
> control what channel is being recorded.  IR blasters can be finicky and

I ran into the same problem here and ended up deciding it was too much 
trouble to fix so stuck to basic cable, where most of the shows I wanted 
were anyway.

Cheers,

Rob

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