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<blockquote data-quote="iamhrh" data-source="post: 40826" data-attributes="member: 18815">Well, I am a long-time mythTV user, and I'm looking to do something a little different. There are tons of things that I loved about myth, but as a windows guy, it was such a pain to try and fix it when things went wrong that I decided to see what options there are for windows out there. That said, Media Portal popped out!My question is thus: Currently, I use two Motoroloa DCT-6200 cable boxes to capture both SD and HD video over the firewire connection, and myth is able to change channels on the boxes over the firewire connection as well. Is Media Portal capable of this? I'm currently running a demo version of SageTV, and through what they call their &quot;Universal Network Encoder&quot; (a program that someone wrote to get firewire cable boxes working under Windows MCE), Sage is able to control and capture from the cable boxes just like Myth. Too bad for them I despised their interface, guess their short my $80.If firewire from a digital cable box won't work, My other quesion is this: Can I use those FloppyDTV things with direcTV in the US? I'd love to stick two of them in my PVR and be able to get satellite TV.Summary:1. Firewire support for the Motorola DCT-6200?2. FloppyDTV / DirecTV support in the US?Thanks in advance to ANYONE that can point me in the right direction&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="iamhrh, post: 40826, member: 18815"] Well, I am a long-time mythTV user, and I'm looking to do something a little different. There are tons of things that I loved about myth, but as a windows guy, it was such a pain to try and fix it when things went wrong that I decided to see what options there are for windows out there. That said, Media Portal popped out! My question is thus: Currently, I use two Motoroloa DCT-6200 cable boxes to capture both SD and HD video over the firewire connection, and myth is able to change channels on the boxes over the firewire connection as well. Is Media Portal capable of this? I'm currently running a demo version of SageTV, and through what they call their "Universal Network Encoder" (a program that someone wrote to get firewire cable boxes working under Windows MCE), Sage is able to control and capture from the cable boxes just like Myth. Too bad for them I despised their interface, guess their short my $80. If firewire from a digital cable box won't work, My other quesion is this: Can I use those FloppyDTV things with direcTV in the US? I'd love to stick two of them in my PVR and be able to get satellite TV. Summary: 1. Firewire support for the Motorola DCT-6200? 2. FloppyDTV / DirecTV support in the US? Thanks in advance to ANYONE that can point me in the right direction :D [/QUOTE]

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