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| Author: | joelbretz [ Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | MythTV and Dish Network HD (811)?? |
Greetings I'm currently doing my research on building a MythTV box for use with my Dish Network 811 HDTV receiver and I seem to have encountered a show stopping road block. The HD outputs on the Dish 811 are either DVI or Component Video and I cannot seem to find any capture devices which work with either of these 2 formats. I can't even find an external device (Firewire or USB2) that does this.... In fact, it states in the HOWTO: ( http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1 ) "There are no known consumer-level capture devices which will allow you to capture the HDTV output (either DVI or HDMI) from a set-top box commonly found with digital cable systems or satellite systems. There are no known consumer-level capture devices which will allow you to capture component output from a set-top box." Please tell me that this information is out of date!!! Does anyone else use a Dish 811 with a MythTV for HD recording ? If so, I would like to discuss your solution. Thanks Joel |
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| Author: | tjc [ Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:53 pm ] |
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Quote: Please tell me that this information is out of date!!!
Nope. Still true. |
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| Author: | Zephrant [ Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:06 pm ] |
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Is this still true? I've got SD outputs (svideo) on my current DISH receiver, and want to upgrade to a HD capable one. Looks like the current model only (ViP211) has HDMI, but I could probably find an older model (811) with a DVI port. Still no cards that can record from either of those? |
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| Author: | jakep_82 [ Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:47 pm ] |
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Still doesn't exist, and likely never will. |
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| Author: | Zephrant [ Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:38 pm ] |
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It is a lot of data, but it would not be that hard to do an FPGA that could handle it and compress it. Just not enough of a market I guess. There is always the risk that a law would be passed making it illegal too. Really sucks that I can never record HDTV from my satellite box though. |
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| Author: | cesman [ Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:39 pm ] |
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Actually, I think such a beast does now exist but not in the form of a card and it is very expensive. |
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| Author: | WheatKing [ Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:48 am ] |
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cesman wrote: Actually, I think such a beast does now exist but not in the form of a card and it is very expensive.
yea.. i've been looking for this stuff too.. analog > digital capture exists for HD.. but it's broadcast quality equipment.. and your looking in and about $15K USD per encoding card. and good luck with the drivers.. i've only seen windows drivers for these boards. |
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