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[Dhanu]

Hi Everyone,

I'm considering building myself a DVR, but before buying the stuff needed like capture card, etc.. I would like to get some things clarified and make sure that I will be able to use it.

- I'm in a University apartment and cable is provided from the university. There is no such thing as a cable box or anything. Every apartment has a coaxial cable and you just plug it in to the TV.
- Zap2it program guide is there in channel 12.
- My TV is a regular TV (nothing fancy). It has the normal ports (white/red/yellow) to connect a DVD player and the port for coaxial cable.

So my questions are as follows.
- I downloaded the XMLTV guide but seems like it doesn't match the programs that are on my cable. Is there a national standard for channel numbers? (for an example I get Animal planet on ch102, FX on ch101. is it the same for anyone else in USA?)
- I'm in central time zone. do i have to configure it any where in Media portal?

-How does the connectivity thing works? Do i connect the coaxial cable to the capture card and connect the TV to my VGA card?
- If so I always needs to keep the PC running even to watch a live show. right?
Is it possible to record a program on another channel

Thanks everyone in advance

 

[Marcusb]

So at the moment your tv plugs into the "wall" with just the usual RF antenna connection?

If so, then it looks like the Uni has a bank of cable boxes that then injects them all into the one RF signal, similar to the way free to air tv is recieved from your antenna.
If I'm right, then you would just need an analog tv card and set it to scan for all possible channels.

This is a pretty easy set up for you. Then, for the TV guide, you just need to map each channel name from the EPG to the channel as you would want it to appear. I'm from Australia and each country has different EPG type issues, so it is probably best to wait for someone who knows more about your location. I don't recognise the flag. Maybe if you mention your location it would also help.

Welcome to the forums too

 

[Dhanu]

So at the moment your tv plugs into the "wall" with just the usual RF antenna connection?

If so, then it looks like the Uni has a bank of cable boxes that then injects them all into the one RF signal, similar to the way free to air tv is recieved from your antenna.
If I'm right, then you would just need an analog tv card and set it to scan for all possible channels.

This is a pretty easy set up for you. Then, for the TV guide, you just need to map each channel name from the EPG to the channel as you would want it to appear. I'm from Australia and each country has different EPG type issues, so it is probably best to wait for someone who knows more about your location. I don't recognise the flag. Maybe if you mention your location it would also help.

Welcome to the forums too

Thanks for the reply.
I'm currently in Kansas, USA.

since zap2it is not offering free listings now, is there a better way of getting the listings?