HD Web. AVS Forum Archive 2 - Firewire source with Astound HD Cable? Hi, I just got Astound cable service which has several HD channels.
I was supplied with a Scientific Atlanta 8000HD PVR which has no firewire jacks. How to record via IEEE 1394 (Firewire) to Windows XP. First let me thank Timecop for discovering this process.
He started athread a long time ago that became just too long and confusing so hopefully this will help. This method should work for most 1394/Firewire enabled tuners. It has been tested on the Mitsubishi Integrated TV's, SA3250HD, Motorola 620X (with firmware 7.10 or higher), and the Samsung T165. *Please list your tests and I will update* This method will not allow you to capture 5C encrypted content, *see below for details* This method captures the original Transport stream sent by your provider, so if it is sent with DD 5.1 then you will capture DD5.1.