[Cialug] mythtv + hdhomerun + mediacom

Andrew Denner linux-list at upeke.com
Tue Jun 5 12:04:12 CDT 2012


While bandwidth is the primary concern and is leading the push to more
digital, the end result is still the same that it ends up costing more for
the enterprising end user.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:22 AM, chris rheinherren
<c.rheinherren at gmail.com>wrote:

> It's not that Mediacom is forcing its customer's into higher cost cable
> services. It's that there is only so much bandwidth available. Analog
> channels take more bandwidth than digital channels. Thus switching to all
> digital frees up the available bandwidth so that more channels can be added
> and greater internet speeds can become available.
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I was on analog, until the digital conversion hit.  Now the standard def.
> > on digital channels can be received but guide data does not match, like
> you
> > say.  Not matching on TIVO either.  They are forcing us into a cable-card
> > lease or off our low cost solutions onto what they want us using:  Higher
> > cost digital service and their hardware.
> >
> > -Nate
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Matthew Nuzum
> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 11:43 PM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: [Cialug] mythtv + hdhomerun + mediacom
> >
> > Anyone here succeed in running mythtv with hdhomerun on mediacom? I'm
> > using schedules direct and getting no guide data which is likely a root
> > problem.
> > I've followed a few tutorials but things are just out of date enough that
> > I can't follow them exactly.
> >
> > I'm running the latest mythbuntu / ubuntu 12.04 and I've used VLC to
> > ensure that the hdhomerun is working and able to tune channels.
> >
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