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AIW with DirecTV Receiver?
Is anyone using an AIW card and able to capture with DirecTV? I have an RCA
DTV box. I'm considering getting a 9000 pro AIW to capture video, a cheap TIVO if you will for this room (I have a tivo in my main room in the house), and then burn it to a DVD burner I have on order. Since this is my first move into this arena I thought it smart to come here an ask some people if this can work with DTV, what pitfalls to look for or alternatives. Thanks for your help!! |
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No one using DirectTV?
"Greg Lansing" wrote in message news:tpUQa.69763$Ph3.7141@sccrnsc04... Is anyone using an AIW card and able to capture with DirecTV? I have an RCA DTV box. I'm considering getting a 9000 pro AIW to capture video, a cheap TIVO if you will for this room (I have a tivo in my main room in the house), and then burn it to a DVD burner I have on order. Since this is my first move into this arena I thought it smart to come here an ask some people if this can work with DTV, what pitfalls to look for or alternatives. Thanks for your help!! |
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:01:34 GMT
"Greg Lansing" wrote: No one using DirectTV? "Greg Lansing" wrote in message news:tpUQa.69763$Ph3.7141@sccrnsc04... Is anyone using an AIW card and able to capture with DirecTV? I have an RCA DTV box. I'm considering getting a 9000 pro AIW to capture video, a cheap TIVO if you will for this room (I have a tivo in my main room in the house), and then burn it to a DVD burner I have on order. Since this is my first move into this arena I thought it smart to come here an ask some people if this can work with DTV, what pitfalls to look for or alternatives. Thanks for your help!! Get a series 1 DirecTivo and hack it for direct video extraction and you'll be a _lot_ happier with the result. But yes, the AIWs work fine with DirecTV--the problem is getting the box to change channels, and there are ways to do this--you might ask in the home automation newsgroup (I forget what it's called, but it has home and automation in the title) for more information on how to go about it. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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"J.Clarke" wrote in message ... On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:01:34 GMT "Greg Lansing" wrote: No one using DirectTV? "Greg Lansing" wrote in message news:tpUQa.69763$Ph3.7141@sccrnsc04... Is anyone using an AIW card and able to capture with DirecTV? I have an RCA DTV box. I'm considering getting a 9000 pro AIW to capture video, a cheap TIVO if you will for this room (I have a tivo in my main room in the house), and then burn it to a DVD burner I have on order. Since this is my first move into this arena I thought it smart to come here an ask some people if this can work with DTV, what pitfalls to look for or alternatives. Thanks for your help!! Get a series 1 DirecTivo and hack it for direct video extraction and you'll be a _lot_ happier with the result. But yes, the AIWs work fine with DirecTV--the problem is getting the box to change channels, and there are ways to do this--you might ask in the home automation newsgroup (I forget what it's called, but it has home and automation in the title) for more information on how to go about it. -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) Hi John, thanks for the reply. I'm not looking for too much functionality here. Just good quality recording, and if I leave it on a channel on DTV I want the timer to fire up and record it. I'll take a look in that newsgroup and see if I can find it and see if anyone has an info. By the way, the PC I am going to use to record off the DTV is going to be on the other side of the room. Does anyone know if there is a max limit I should be aware of for the S-CABLE and the wires that go into the AUDIO R&L jacks? Thanks.. |
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Hi Greg!
I am running a 25' cable with no problems. Picked it up at Best Buys. If you only need 12 feet, Radio Shack has a great cable for about 20 dollars: it is a combination SVideo and twin RCA cable bundled. I would be interested in hearing about your solution for automating the recording of shows from your DTV unit via your ATI card. I really want to ditch Comcast Cable but the only thing that causes me not to is bridging the gap betweet the DTV box and the ATI card. If only they would make an ATI AIW card that would accept digital signals. Many thanks, Logan snippity snippity Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) Hi John, thanks for the reply. I'm not looking for too much functionality here. Just good quality recording, and if I leave it on a channel on DTV I want the timer to fire up and record it. I'll take a look in that newsgroup and see if I can find it and see if anyone has an info. By the way, the PC I am going to use to record off the DTV is going to be on the other side of the room. Does anyone know if there is a max limit I should be aware of for the S-CABLE and the wires that go into the AUDIO R&L jacks? Thanks.. |
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I have an RCA tuner box (Directv) .... I currently just use the S-Video cable connected to my AIW 7500... and it works fine.,.. but I cannot tuen channels directly from the PC (software)... I was thinking about trying the SnapStream Software and the "DirecTV Cable Pack " from the Snapstream site... here is the URL: http://store.snapstream.com/dicaparre.html It is supposed to connect to the low-speed data port on the RCA box... enabling you to control the external RCA tuner box from the snapstream software..... 2 questions: .. anyone here using a similar setup successfully? .. does radioshack sell the low-speed/serial cable required? On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:30:23 -0400, "******* Operator from Hell" wrote: Hi Greg! I am running a 25' cable with no problems. Picked it up at Best Buys. If you only need 12 feet, Radio Shack has a great cable for about 20 dollars: it is a combination SVideo and twin RCA cable bundled. I would be interested in hearing about your solution for automating the recording of shows from your DTV unit via your ATI card. I really want to ditch Comcast Cable but the only thing that causes me not to is bridging the gap betweet the DTV box and the ATI card. If only they would make an ATI AIW card that would accept digital signals. Many thanks, Logan snippity snippity Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) Hi John, thanks for the reply. I'm not looking for too much functionality here. Just good quality recording, and if I leave it on a channel on DTV I want the timer to fire up and record it. I'll take a look in that newsgroup and see if I can find it and see if anyone has an info. By the way, the PC I am going to use to record off the DTV is going to be on the other side of the room. Does anyone know if there is a max limit I should be aware of for the S-CABLE and the wires that go into the AUDIO R&L jacks? Thanks.. |
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I am doing exactly that. I have the local cable hooked up to the coax
connector and the receiver using the Svideo/AV inputs on my AIW 7500. Video quality is outstanding and recording is easy. The issue I'm currently seeking answers to is the audio input...it seems that I can only get the left channel to work. I've tried different cables, different components (DVD, VCR, FM Tuner) but no luck. I suspect its a driver/software issue. But there is no problem using the dish with this card. Dave. "Greg Lansing" wrote in message news:tpUQa.69763$Ph3.7141@sccrnsc04... Is anyone using an AIW card and able to capture with DirecTV? I have an RCA DTV box. I'm considering getting a 9000 pro AIW to capture video, a cheap TIVO if you will for this room (I have a tivo in my main room in the house), and then burn it to a DVD burner I have on order. Since this is my first move into this arena I thought it smart to come here an ask some people if this can work with DTV, what pitfalls to look for or alternatives. Thanks for your help!! |
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:27:00 +0000, David LeBrun said:
I am doing exactly that. I have the local cable hooked up to the coax connector and the receiver using the Svideo/AV inputs on my AIW 7500. Video quality is outstanding and recording is easy. The issue I'm currently seeking answers to is the audio input...it seems that I can only get the left channel to work. I've tried different cables, different components (DVD, VCR, FM Tuner) but no luck. I suspect its a driver/software issue. But there is no problem using the dish with this card. AFAIK, Coax cables carry mono sound. Left channel only. -- Lenroc |
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"Lenroc" wrote in message news On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:27:00 +0000, David LeBrun said: I am doing exactly that. I have the local cable hooked up to the coax connector and the receiver using the Svideo/AV inputs on my AIW 7500. Video quality is outstanding and recording is easy. The issue I'm currently seeking answers to is the audio input...it seems that I can only get the left channel to work. I've tried different cables, different components (DVD, VCR, FM Tuner) but no luck. I suspect its a driver/software issue. But there is no problem using the dish with this card. AFAIK, Coax cables carry mono sound. Left channel only. -- Lenroc I can confirm that the AV input is only getting the left channel. As for the coax signal I think it is mono but I'm not sure and if it is I can't tell if its the left or right that I'm getting. This is why I changed to the AV input instead of using the coax to connect the receiver. Dave. |
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"Lenroc" wrote in message news On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:22:51 +0000, David LeBrun said: I can confirm that the AV input is only getting the left channel. As for the coax signal I think it is mono but I'm not sure and if it is I can't tell if its the left or right that I'm getting. This is why I changed to the AV input instead of using the coax to connect the receiver. Do you have any coax along the line though? -- Lenroc I have a coax connected directly to the cable in on the card. This is for the local cable stations. I have a coax line running down from the dish into the receiver then I use SVideo/AV out from the receiver into the purple box into the input on the card. Then I use the provided splitter cord to connect the audio to the line-in on the soundcard (no other outputs used at the moment). When watching local cable the tv software detects the channels as stereo when they're supposed to be (or advertised as being stereo) but the sound I get from the speakers is NOT stereo (I just can't tell if it's the left or right audio channel thats coming out of both speakers). When watching satellite through the purple box when I disconnect the right input I get no sound difference but when I disconnect the left input I get no sound at all. But if I plug the right output to the left input the sound comes back. There are a few things I'm going to try: 1) using an internal audio connector from the video card to the sound card and see if that helps. 2) connecting the audio outs from the receiver directly to the line-in on the sound card (to rule out the soundcard as the problem). The problem I see with this approach is that I won't get any audio in any video I record. 3) update the drivers for both sound and video cards to the absolute latest available I'll keep everyone informed Dave. |
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