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I believe the FCC still requires that any firewire port on a set top box should stream non-premium TV. It looks like they're loosening the requirement to allow open access over IP now too [1]. I had luck streaming over firewire from a Comcast Motorola STB afew years ago. [1] http://www.multichannel.com/article/453970-FCC_Douses_FireWire_Requirement_For_Set_Tops_With_IP.php -dwm On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, my girlfriend and I recently got comcast digital cable with HD, and I > noticed that our cable box, the RNG 110 has a firewire port. ÂI did some > reading about mythtv and firewire and apparently some people have gotten > this working through the firewire port. ÂHas anyone on this list done this > successfully? ÂI know comcast wants to charge you for connecting the unit to > each TV. ÂDoes this mean that I'd be violating anything by hooking a linux > box up to the unit through firewire? ÂWill this work? ÂIs it allowed? > ÂThanks. > Michael > > -- > Michael Lazin > > to gar auto estin noein te kai ennai > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group     --    Âhttp://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion Â--  http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug