recording Comcast digital channels with MythTV

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Nov 23 11:08:45 EST 2009


Joshua Judson Rosen <rozzin at geekspace.com> writes:

> "James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz at comcast.net> writes:
>>
>> For several years, I've been running MythTV with a Hauppauge PVR-500
>> dual analog tuner.  However, Comcast has been moving channels from
>> analog to digital, and they've just sent a letter announcing more will
>> be moving next March.  So I'm in the market for a digital tuner.
>> 
>> I ran across the Hauppauge HVR-2250 at New Egg:
> [...]
>> There's a Linux driver: http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?page_id=17
>
> Anyone interested in receiving digital TV HDTV signals with Linux should
> probably take a look at these:
>
>      http://pchdtv.com/
>
> These guys are (and have been for a while) actually producing cards
> specifically for use Linux.

Except it doesn't work with encrypted QAM..

-derek

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