Using Firewire with Sage

LaVike · #1 06-18-2004, 02:52 PM

I've been following some threads over at avsforum and for folks who have COMCAST, a MOT 62XX box, and the box has been updated to firmware 7.10, they are recording via firewire HD channels. Of course the 5C flags apply and such but the question is will the Sage folks be looking at incorporating firewire recording? Some folks have developed the capture program and one guy has even developed an EPG to work with his capture program. This could work for HDTV and Digital cable.

I'm hoping the Denver area gets upgraded to the 7.10 firmware and them I'm off. I'd love to use SageTV as my interface.

sleonard · #2 06-20-2004, 03:24 PM

This one deserves a bump. I have an SA 3250HD box which is also mentioned in the AVS forums for successful firewire recording. I'd love to be able to use this in Sage.

sleonard · #3 06-22-2004, 05:56 PM

Re-bump

LaVike · #4 06-24-2004, 09:45 AM

I'd think that with the roll-out of HD Cable and the progress that other folks are making in this area that there would be interest in this by folks here. There does seem to be interest in OTA cards, but isn't that limited to local channels. I can't get OTA but do get HD Cable. Are folks getting ESPN OTA? So why all the interest in OTA cards and not STB solutions?

Opus4 · #5 06-24-2004, 10:01 AM

I just saw a note elsewhere that DTV Recorder was released & can record the firewire output. Maybe SageTV will do this someday...

The only way I can think to use it w/SageTV for now would be to have it save the files in the Library Import Directory.

- Andy

stanger89 · #6 06-24-2004, 10:21 AM

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Originally posted by Opus4
I just saw a note elsewhere that DTV Recorder was released & can record the firewire output. Maybe SageTV will do this someday...

The only way I can think to use it w/SageTV for now would be to have it save the files in the Library Import Directory.

- Andy

It took em long enough, that product was in beta for several months last year and has been in limbo for most of this year.

BTW, here's the AVS thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=416078

sleonard · #7 06-25-2004, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Opus4
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The only way I can think to use it w/SageTV for now would be to have it save the files in the Library Import Directory.

- Andy [/B]

Oh no. One would connect the cable box to the PC via FW and Sage would then recognize it a a tuner similar to the way it uses a USB PVR250. Thru the single FW connection Sage would have access to both the MPEG2 Transport stream as well as direct control of the box itself for tuning.

As far as cable STB's go this is a Sage dream come true if a way to get 5c certification could be obtained (admittingly a big 'if' right now.)

Opus4 · #8 06-25-2004, 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by sleonard
Oh no. One would connect the cable box to the PC via FW and Sage would then recognize it a a tuner similar to the way it uses a USB PVR250. Thru the single FW connection Sage would have access to both the MPEG2 Transport stream as well as direct control of the box itself for tuning.

Of course that would be the way you would want it to work, but it doesn't do that currently. What I meant was that, absent that direct control via SageTV, saving the files to an import dir is probably the only way to use it with SageTV _now_.

Who knows what some future version of SageTV will bring...

- Andy

stanger89 · #9 06-25-2004, 01:47 PM

Hey, if you want Firewire support, vote for it! I'm in no position to say it will mean Sage will support it, but Frey has been very good at listening to it's customers, so if enought people show an interest in it, it just may happen.

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