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jimerb
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Hello,
I'm looking to record from my cable box like my Tivo used to a long time ago.
Simple setup:
* Component output from my cable box goes to my Kodi box.
* IR Transmitter comes out of my Kodi box and sticks onto the front of my cable box.
* Kodi is in charge of changing the channel (Via scheduled listings) and recording to an External USB drive.
Is this possible?
What hardware would you recommend? I'm thinking a windows PC stick but I would need the right in/outputs.
By the way, I'm a Kodi rookie but otherwise very technical. Thanks to any experts that can offer advice.
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Yes. Two paths I would recommend:
1. HDHomeRun Prime, if your cable company flags most channels as "copy freely". A few software options exist for the PVR backend.
2. If not, a component capture card, IR blaster, and MythTV as a software backend.
The MythTV setup is somewhat complicated, so let's hope we don't have to do that for now. What cable provider do you have?
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2016-07-14, 22:38
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-14, 22:40 by jimerb.)
Thanks Ned,
I have Cablevision.
Do you know of a way to combine a component capture card ir/blaster into a tiny device like a windows pc stick?
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No, you'll probably need an hd-pvr.
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2016-07-15, 07:31
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-15, 07:32 by Ned Scott.)
(2016-07-14, 22:38)jimerb Wrote: Thanks Ned,
I have Cablevision.
Do you know of a way to combine a component capture card ir/blaster into a tiny device like a windows pc stick?
I've seen them in PCI/PCIe form, but not sure about USB stick form. They probably exist, though.
It looks like CableVision does mark/flag most channels as "copy once" so component capture/IR blaster is your best bet for recording cable TV. At least, if you want to be able to playback in Kodi, which doesn't have DRM support. I would look up some of the MythTV guides for using an IR blaster. It's been a while since I looked, but there were some fairly good guides out there that are probably still relevant.
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jimerb
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Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I've started searching for setups using these options to get me rolling.
