You are correct. I should have clarified that the requirement of working firewire ports only applies to the US.<br><br>I am able to get all channels that I subscribe for over my firewire connection, but I've been under the impression that I'm the rule, not the exception. I'm not an expert on the subject, so I could be wrong.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Lichti</b> <<a href="mailto:tom@redpepperracing.com">tom@redpepperracing.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Chris Weiland wrote:<br>> Something that hasn't really been emphasized yet is that you should be<br>> able to use the firewire port on your cable box to capture HDTV<br>> streams. Some cable providers will encrypt this stream, but as far as I
<br>> can tell, most don't. Mythtv can control the channel of your cable box<br>> and capture the HD stream over the firewire connection.<br>><br>> All cable boxes are required to include this functionality, so if your
<br>> cable box doesn't have a firewire port, ask for a replacement.<br><br>In the US, that may be true, it appears some cable boxes in Canada now<br>have active firewire ports, but there is no legislation that they HAVE
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