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<blockquote data-quote="Brandon" data-source="post: 130437" data-attributes="member: 47074">Hey AllI've been thumbing through the MediaPortal docs, but I'm still confused.Here is a little history. I've had a Tivo for years and it's pretty cool, but I'm starting to feel constrained by it's limitations. So why not build your own?I'm confused about capture card choices (especially multiple format and multiple tuner solutions), audio playback and remote control options for for DVD and channel changing.I understand how to get rolling with basic analog cable. But what do you do if you also want to record HDTV and &quot;Digital&quot; cable? I say &quot;digital&quot; cable because that's what Comcast calls it. I'm talking about the channels above 99 Science, History International and so on.I think I'll need two capture cards, one for OTA HDTV, and maybe a dual tuner card for cable. With one input pulling a signal straight from the cable, before it hits the cable box, and the other one jacked into the component-video output of my Comcast cable box. Am I correct?If thats the case, then there has to be a way to change the cable box channels. Right now Tivo does this through a serial cable connection to the cable box. What are my cable box channel changing options with MediaPortal?If I wanted to watch Live TV, how would I switch between the three different inputs?How do I deal with all the different sound options (stereo, 5.1 surround,...) during live or recorded playback?Thanks for putting up with so many questions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brandon, post: 130437, member: 47074"] Hey All I've been thumbing through the MediaPortal docs, but I'm still confused. Here is a little history. I've had a Tivo for years and it's pretty cool, but I'm starting to feel constrained by it's limitations. So why not build your own? I'm confused about capture card choices (especially multiple format and multiple tuner solutions), audio playback and remote control options for for DVD and channel changing. I understand how to get rolling with basic analog cable. But what do you do if you also want to record HDTV and "Digital" cable? I say "digital" cable because that's what Comcast calls it. I'm talking about the channels above 99 Science, History International and so on. I think I'll need two capture cards, one for OTA HDTV, and maybe a dual tuner card for cable. With one input pulling a signal straight from the cable, before it hits the cable box, and the other one jacked into the component-video output of my Comcast cable box. Am I correct? If thats the case, then there has to be a way to change the cable box channels. Right now Tivo does this through a serial cable connection to the cable box. What are my cable box channel changing options with MediaPortal? If I wanted to watch Live TV, how would I switch between the three different inputs? How do I deal with all the different sound options (stereo, 5.1 surround,...) during live or recorded playback? Thanks for putting up with so many questions. [/QUOTE]

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