<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Seth Daniel</b> <<a href="mailto:mythtv.org@sethdaniel.org">mythtv.org@sethdaniel.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:28:23PM -0500, Trey Thompson wrote:<br>> Right now I have analog cable and 3 tuners. AWESOME system! GO
<br>> MYTH!!!<br>><br>> I'm thinking of getting AT&T's new U-Verse, which uses the Motorola<br>> VIP 1200 (standard receiver, HD, yadda yadda), and the VIP 1216 (DVR<br>> model).<br>><br>> It has video out, HDMI with HDCP, ethernet, USB, Component, svideo,
<br>> composite and channel 3/4 RF.<br>><br>> Now, I know I could setup the composite to my PVR cards, but, does<br>> anyone know if or how I can get better images off the device? It<br>> reports Video codecs with advanced compression (MPEG-s, MPEG-4
<br>> (H.264), VC-1).<br>><br>> I told the guy on the phone with AT&T what I had, and he said "You can<br>> pull the video off it on any of the interfaces, even the ethernet".<br><br><br>I don't suppose you have learned anything more have you? I live in
<br>Southern California (where this U-Verse thing is being rolled out by<br>AT&T) and I was wondering what you are wondering. Can this Motorola VIP<br>1200 work with Myth? I see nothing on AVS Forum about this STB. I
<br>don't know if it has been used by anyone else before which may explain<br>the lack of information on it.<br><br><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/atandt-to-launch-moto-vip-1216-u-verse-box-in-october/">http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/atandt-to-launch-moto-vip-1216-u-verse-box-in-october/
</a><br><br>Sounds like it's all IPTV based. The mention of H.264 is interesting I<br>guess. If I have understood the conversations regarding the BBC testing<br>of H.264 and people with myth using said transmissions it sounds like
<br>you need a fairly powerful machine to get decent playback.<br><br><a href="http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productDetail.asp?productID=441">http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productDetail.asp?productID=441</a>
<br><br>Somehow I don't think we'll be able to record HDTV, using either of these<br>devices, with Myth being involved.</blockquote>
<div> </div>I'm doubtful myself. The good news is it's free for 60 days here, so I'm gonna give it the old college try. It's a Microsoft powered box, and they are going to want you to integrate with an XBox 360 eventually, but they are "saying" on the sales line anyway, that you can even access the MP2 and MP4 recordings over network file share... I SERIOUSLY doubt that...
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