Re: www.badvista.org

Quoting "Alan C." <r.andom@noshut.com>:

> To preface this: You should check out www.avsforum.com. They are one
> of the best audio/video sites on the Internet and I am assured by my
> coworkers interested in MythTV that they have some really good
> threads on Linux integration with HD content. Anytime I'm looking for
> information on Home Theatre/High Definition or other related
> technologies it is one of the first places I visit. You can probably
> pickup a ton of information there.
>
> To answer a few of the bullets:
> -Yes, you can capture true HD content if by "True" HD you mean 720p,
> 1080i, etc. since most (all?) HD broadcast stations have chosen one
> of the two as their broadcast format.
>
> -On some GCI Cable boxes, which may defeat the purpose of this thread
> - the Pace DVR silver box with blue display or the Motorola DVR boxes
> there is a firewire port, which you can record the video streams off
> of. It is a digital feed and although I haven't seen it record HD I'm
> told it is capable.
>
> Otherwise you can go for a Component video + digital audio solution
> to dodge the DRM from any high def (but not necessarily DVR) cable
> box. I'm assuming at this time that there isn't a method to get HDCP
> support in Linux DVR applications. On the GCI DVR's (I don't know if
> this is the case with the non-DVR boxes) if you turn off the cable
> box then hit the "Menu" or in some cases "Settings" a menu will pop
> up allowing you to change the output video resolutions outputted by
> the box.
> If you are interested in using the Firewire port do some searching on
> Motorola 6412 Firewire recording. It is probably one of the better
> bets to avoid having to acquire a ton of new hardware or interface
> cards yet be able to get good quality video off the box. Just to re-
> state, the firewire port is on the DVR boxes so it maybe self-
> defeating to discuss building a DVR using firewire as the source if
> you already have a DVR :^). I have no experience with the non-DVR
> boxes so I'm not sure what their port array is.
>
> -I don't know about HDCP hardware on Linux, last I knew the only
> official OS to support HDCP/HDMI so far is Vista.
>
> -Alan
>

That is great information Alan, thanks for taking the time to write it =20
all out for us. I wasn't aware the GCI receivers had firewire on them, =20
I must have an older model because I don't have it on mine. :(

Thanks again!

Jon

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Received on Mon Jul 9 18:37:11 2007