Comcast Cable on Mac Pro?

[rball1979]

Hey all

I have the full comcast cable package coming throught the HD Settop box at the moment.

My TV has recently died on me and is going to be repaired by Panasonic. I was thinking, in the meantime, is there a way to get my comcast signal onto my Mac so I dont have to buy another, temporary TV? Which sort of TV cards could accomodate this and am I going to run into any challenges?

 

[Peace]

You might have a look at Hauppauge.

 

[nanofrog]

You might have a look at Hauppauge.

For an HD signal, this one will work (up to 1080i).

 

[pmcb]

for a cheaper solution try the hava hd platinum, although the hd title is decieving, it only records up to 480p, it takes any hd input.

edit: the software is windows only but hey theirs always bootcamp

 

[MisterMe]

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edit: the software is windows only but hey theirs always bootcamp

There are two sides to the equation--hardware (the tuner dongle) and the software (required to change channels, set schedules, etc.) Elgato produces both. However, its eyeTV software also supports tuner dongles from other manufacturers.

 

[waw74]

depending on your cable box, you might be able to get the signal on the firewire port. (comes out as a stream, and not like a file on a shared drive)
I've used this before to record some things i wanted.

also certain programs/channels may have DRM enabled, and you won't be able to watch those.

check out http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040426151111599

There is a way to watch the stream live in VLC instead of recording, but i don't remember how, just look it up online.