recording Comcast digital channels with MythTV

[Tom Buskey]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> 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..
>
>
Is there a tuner card that can plug into a set top box ?  Have the set top
box decode the QAM and use an IR blaster to change the set top box?

Basically, you build a TiVo that lets the set top do all the decoding, etc
and just record what's coming out.

Or am I missing something?
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