Walkthroughs for US / Canada users

McBainUK · 2011-09-04, 04:15 PM

Being the other side of the pond it's hard for the regular wiki authors to write one or even know what's a common setup (capture card, TV source, EPG source etc).

If you can answer the questions above and/or or interested in helping out with a walkthrough for typical US or Canadian NextPVR setups then please post below (or PM me if you're shy Smile

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BrettB · 2011-09-04, 05:28 PM

I think that it would be great for us to get some nice step-by-step instructions for US users--especially with the new CableCard devices. It can be a bit tricky, but is a really nice solutions once things are all setup.

I'm willing to help out with project. Both with helping to supply instructions and with testing instructions on "clean" setups (probably VMs).

mulletback · 2011-09-04, 05:57 PM

I have a test rig that I don't mind rebuilding as an example - however, this rig runs XP SP3, so it would serve as an example to legacy users (I'm too cheap to buy win 7 yet). It's running an HVR-1600, so I can demo OTA/ATSC setup, clear QAM setup on cable, analog setup on cable (yeah, my cable still has some), and maybe hooking up a DTA to analog.

mikeh49 · 2011-09-04, 10:18 PM

I can help as well, I've done two recent setups and found wiki lacking in a couple of places for a US user. NPVR is not as intuitive for me as for others, it seems, so a more step-by-step approach would be helpful.

Mike

mvallevand · 2011-09-05, 12:03 AM

I was thinking of helping but now I am too afraid that johnsonx42 will close the thread if I offer any opinions or suggestions.

Martin

steeb · 2011-09-05, 12:08 AM

mvallevand Wrote:i was thinking of helping but now i am too afraid that johnsonx42 will close the thread if i offer any opinions or suggestions.

Martin

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McBainUK · 2011-09-05, 07:49 AM

mikeh49 Wrote:I can help as well, I've done two recent setups and found wiki lacking in a couple of places for a US user.

Specificly?

What I'm really after is details of the most common setups (capture card, TV source, EPG source etc), so a walkthourgh or two can be created to cover them. See the UK one here as an example.

mulletback · 2011-09-05, 11:33 AM

McBainUK Wrote:...details of the most common setups (capture card, TV source, EPG source etc)...

Having looked at the walkthroughs on the wiki, I think a couple of setup types are needed at minimum: clear QAM setup on cable, and Colossus/HD-PVR setup on a cable STB. I can do these for Comcast cable w/ SchedulesDirect EPG. However, the Colossus/HD-PVR requires a blaster or firewire for channel changing - I can do firewire, but I have no experience with blaster setup.

McBainUK · 2011-09-05, 12:22 PM

Great. If you'd like to take a stab at a clear QAM walkthrough go ahead.

Can create a new wiki page yourself or provide a Word document which a wiki guru can convert - whatever's easiest.

mulletback · 2011-09-05, 12:43 PM

I'm familiar with the wiki from working on the Hauppauge remote entry. I'll start on clear QAM by using the DVB-T walkthrough as a template.