
jcaputo1 at comcast
Dec 17, 2003, 8:19 AM
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On Wednesday 17 December 2003 01:01, James Orr wrote: > Thanks for all the advice about a case. > > I found an old HP Desktop which has a micro ATX with a 466 Celeron > processor in it. It's a pretty crappy board, but with a PVR 350 > handling most of the work it should be OK, shouldn't it? At least to > get me started. > > So that means my only purchases I need to make to get going are the > PVR 350 and a hard drive. Then I can upgrade the remaining > components as I go. > > I would still appreciate an answer to some of my other questions > though. I have quoted them below. > > On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 10:46, James Orr wrote: > > I have some questions about MythTV as well: > > > > I have a motorola digital cable box (ComCast). I can't see a model > > number on it anywhere, but i've googled and seen some people have > > been able to control motorola boxes with a serial cable and I do > > have a serial port on the back of the box so I am hopeful. > > > > At first I would like to control the box via serial cable, but at > > somepoint I would possibly add a second capture card (probably > > without a tuner) and record digital cable shows with that card, and > > then be able to simultanously record basic cable channels with the > > 350 tuner. My question is, does MythTV support different channel > > lineups for different capture devices, or will it try to capture > > digital channels with the 350 tuner (which obviously won't work)? You can assign a different Video Source (aka channel lineup) not only to each card, but even to different inputs on the same card. > > Another question is about conflict resolution. Let's say I want to > > watch Alias and The Sopranos (both Sunday at 9 PM). Now Alias is > > only on once, but The Sopranos is also on again in 3 hours on HBO > > Pacific. Will it automatically record Alias first, then the > > Sopranos later or will I have to spell it out? I believe the scheduler is smart enough to record Alias & the 2nd showing of The Sopranos *if* your listing data is specific enough for it to be able to tell that the 2 showings of The Sopranos are indeed the same episode. -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users [at] mythtv http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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