[TriLUG] mythtv and time warner cable

Ken Mink ken.mink at gmail.com
Wed Oct 29 14:24:35 EDT 2008


I'm using a HDHomerun and I used "cable" and QAM-256.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Emmaus <suamme1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using myth with TWC in Raleigh and I use us-cable and QAM-256. My
> pchdtv-5500 uses the DVB drivers without a hitch, but that's only for
> the digital channels. For the analog ones, you have to used V4L.
>
> -emmaus
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Wing D Lizard <wingedlizard at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> I finally got around to building a mythtv box.  I would like to
>> use it with time warner cable and perhaps get rid if my dvr.
>>
>> I've downloaded mythubuntu, installed it and started setting
>> it up.  I have a pchdtv-3000, that I bought 1+ year ago.
>>
>> I have a question about some of the settings.  Assuming I want
>> to use twcable, what do I use for 'Channel Frequency Table'?
>> I have options like:
>>
>>    us-bcast
>>    us-cable
>>    us-cable-hrc
>>    us-cable-irc
>>
>> Do I use V4L or DVB?  It looks like the card is recognized by both.
>>
>> what about QAM-256, QAM-128,QAM-64, 8-VSB?  what are the other
>> options on the 'SCAN CONFIGURATION' screen?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Brett
>>
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