JAC, awesome info...it is really helping. But theoretically, a solution that used an analog HD capture solution would get around the encrypted channel issue, correct? I know the firewire connection would have better quality, reamaining digital, but likely be encrypted.
I would think that as HD PVR gets more popular, more cable companies will start encyrpting the signal. So the work around would be using the analog HD signal to do the recording, right? Most people talk about firewire coming out (digital), and not component video (analog), what direction do you think it is heading? Being with Time Warner, I know that they probably have (or will have) every channel encypted (and only unencrypt the commercials:) so the hope of using firewire for me will be small. Thanks again! Gerald -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Caputo Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:29 PM To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Beginner Question Gerald S wrote: > Thanks JAC, > > One more question: Since the component video coming out of my cable box is > raw video, requiring a regular capture card, how does HD impact this? > Is this signal HD and can it be captured as HD, though it is analog? > I know this I a lot of converting (digital -> analog -> back to > digital), but it seems it would be the most compatible scenario. If you have a cable box with HD component outputs, then the (analog) component signal would be HD resolution (if the broadcast content was HD). However, I don't know of any analog HD capture cards or capture cards that accept component input (at least, not at the consumer level... maybe some commercial/professional grade cards?). So, in order for you to capture analog output from your cable box, you'd have to use RF (coax), composite (RCA cable), or S-Video, all of which will have been converted by the cable box to a standard NTSC-resolution signal. There just really is no viable solution right now for getting access to encrypted digital cable HD content in HD resolution, either analog or digital format. You can (may) eventually get the digital stream over FireWire, but only in SD resolution (and not with Myth yet), or you can access the decoded raw analog video stream, in NTSC resolution. Either way you're not getting HD. Right now, the only HD you can get in Myth is OTA broadcast HD, and soon possibly digital cable (QAM) HD content *if not encrypted*. -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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