Confused about analog tv to digital conv box to comcast digital set top box

I have an analog tv which is already connected to a governmt subsidized digital signal converter box required when all tv signals went digital. I have a digital wifi modem via xfinity, and now also have an xfinity diy digital set top box. I do not have a cable splitter/extension, so I van only hook up the tv. I unplugged the modem and commented the XF digital conv box to my analog tv. Really confused as to how to hook up wifi and tv to XF digital box, and do I need the previous free digital signal conv box. All my services are activated, but I still can't watch tv.

The Comcast box replaces the old over the air box.
If you didn't get a coax splitter, you will need one, which you can pickup for free at your local Comcast office. The coax from the TV outlet on the wall connects to the splitter's input. The outputs of the splitter, one to the cable modem, the other to the input on the cable box.
The coax output of the cable box connects to your TV like how your old box was connected.
You will find more information at this Comcast help page, look in the TV section and pick the type of box you received from Comcast.
http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/phone/how-to-install-your-self-install-kit-devices/

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1 - Lesson: Using Swing Components
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Analog Signal to Digital a Primer

Many users have analog material sitting around, and they would like to get it into digital form, so that it can be edited. As this material is below SD (Standard Definition) quality, I will address the methods for digitizing it, so that it can be best edited in a DV Project. The output can be a DVD-Video, or other format, depending on what one wishes.
The process of getting this analog material into a digital form, is referred to as Capturing, and it is digitizing the analog material and writing it to a file, that can be edited.
One will need some method of getting the analog signals into digital form, and for connecting the analog output from their analog playback device to the computer. Though the analog signal could come from all sorts of devices, I’ll use a VHS tape deck in this example.
Since a VHS tape deck does not have an A-D (Analog to Digital) processor, and also does not have a a digital signal Out, one needs something in between it, and the computer. That “something” serves two needs: mechanical connection of cables and the ability to convert the analog to digital for use in an NLE (Non Linear Editor). That “something” can be a digital video camera with pass-through capabilities, a device, called a “bridge,” or a capture card inserted into a bus slot in the computer. All three have pluses and minuses.
The first two methods rely on one having a FireWire connection on the computer and will use the Capture module in the NLE software.
The digital video camera route is good, as one already owns it. Having one with pass-through capabilities is getting more difficult. The camera also has to have FireWire (FW, IEEE-1394a, or iLink) output, and the computer must have a matching connection.
An A-D bridge will do the same thing: allow one to connect the analog cables to one end/side, process the analog signals to digital and then output via FW to the computer. There are various such bridges available and two of the most often recommended makes/models are: the ADS-Pryo, and theCanopus/Grass Valley ADVC-110. Products, like the Dazzle lineup, just do not seem to work, or work well. I would avoid such.
A dedicated capture card performs the same task, with one exception. The card will mount into an empty PCI slot on the MoBo, and have inputs for the analog cables. The card will have chips on it, to digitize the analog signals and feed these to the computer via the PCI slot. These do not connect via FW, but have one drawback: they must, in virtually every instance, use additional software to do the actual Capture, as most NLE’s cannot directly see and work with them. Some of the included software Capture programs are better, than others. One common issue with many of these cards is a loss of sync, between the Audio and the Video. This is usually static OOS (Out Of Sync), in that it is usually off by a fixed number of frames, and does not drift over time. This can be fixed in the NLE, but is extra work. This ARTICLE will give you tips on correcting OOS.
Now, we are ready to begin the Capture, as our equipment and cables are all ready to go. We have a big decision in front of us - what format/CODEC do we use to Capture our digital files? Since we are doing an SD Project with non-HD (High Def) material, there is one fine choice: DV-AVI Type II w/ 48KHz 16-bit PCM/WAV Audio, using the DV/DVC CODEC. These files will be approximately 13GB / hour of Duration. Storage will need to be considered. These files are also I-frame, meaning that each “Frame” is rendered and available, so that frame-accurate editing is possible. The NLE will not need to do any processing, or conversion of these files, as even the Audio is ready for DVD-Video. Note: there will still be Conforming and the generation of PEK (Waveform Display) files, but the NLE will be able to do this quickly and efficiently.
Using AVI Uncompressed will get you nothing that you can see, other than larger files. Do NOT use any compressed format/CODEC, like MPEG-2, WMV, MOV, etc., as these will loose data from an already inferior source, and will then need conversion to be used, either with a stand-alone conversion program, or internally by the NLE. You loose quality and then have more work to be done. Do not let the temptation of smaller files lure you into using anything but DV-AVI Type II, and just accommodate the larger file sizes.
With the file format/CODEC decision made, the cables and devices hooked up, we’re ready to start the Capture. The exact operation will depend on what our equipment choice has been. See above for talk about additional Capture software, if one uses a capture card. Otherwise, we should be able to use the Capture module of our NLE. The first issue is that we will NOT have Device Control, as we would with a Capture from a miniDV tape-based digital camera, where we can control the mechanical aspects of the camera, during this process. As our VHS deck is hooked up to the A-D bridge, or digital camera w/ pass-through, via analog cables, our control signals cannot be sent to it. One would cue up the tape in the VHS deck, and then choose Record/Capture in the NLE’s Capture module, starting the Capture. Instantly, they would hit Play on the VHS deck, or via that deck’s remote control. This is easier the second time that one does it. I sit with the mouse in my right hand, poised over the Record/Capture button, and the VHS deck’s remote in my left hand, finger hovering over Play. It’s then a 1 - 2 push, and all starts. One can stop the Capture, if an unwanted section of tape comes up. The Capture module of the NLE will direct us on how to proceed from there, should more Captures be wanted. Some will just start up at a later point, and write an additional file for that portion of the tape, but some might require that one basically sets up a new Capture session One should investigate just what their NLE will require for doing multiple Capture sessions from one VHS tape.
When done, one closes the Capture module, and then navigates to the location that these DV-AVI Type II files have been stored in, and Imports them into the Project. This differs slightly from doing the Capture from a miniDV tape camera, as those Captured files are already in the Project.
Edit away, and Export/Share to the necessary output settings, file type and CODEC.
What about those VHS - DVD decks, the ones that will burn a DVD directly from the VHS tape? They seem so simple to use, and for the most part are. However, those DVD-Video discs, contain pretty heavily-compressed MPEG-2 AV streams. These MPEG-2's, besides being compressed, are in aGOP structure and are muxed (Multiplexed into one file with both a Video & Audio stream), plus there is often some Menus and navigation in the first VOB, the main container components of a DVD-Video. Many NLE’s can Import the VOB’s, and basically rip the MPEG-2 out of them, but that first VOB can be highly problematic, due to the way that most of those decks do the Menus and navigation. It is seldom 100% DVD-compliant by the DVD-specs. This can be a major problem. This ARTICLE will give you some background and tips on DVD VOB's.
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PS - also see this FAQ Entry for more detail.

the_wine_snob wrote:
Products, like the Dazzle lineup, just do not seem to work, or work well. I would avoid such.
Although I now have a Canopus ADVC300 I previously used a Magix 'Movies on DVD' USB device. I found the results from this to be particularly good and, to my ageing eyes, I see very little quality difference.
I think this is because Magix use their proprietary high quality codec (from their Pro products) to capture the footage. Like DV-AVI it runs around 10GB+ per hour. This can then, very simply, be exported to DV-AVI Type 2 for use in PRE. Note that there are some sound synchronisation issues with the 'out of the box' settings - but the fix is quick and I posted details to the Magix forum.
Would I revert if I could return my ADVC300 bridge? Probably not - the firewire connection and the PC seeing the box as a camcorder adds to ease of use. In fact I am pleased to have both. There are some things Magix does better than PRE7 (batch exporting each scene as an individual DV-AVI file being just one) and it has smart-rendering which is handy for quick clip splitting/exporting.
Cheers,
Neale
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Long ago, around 7 years ago, I worked on a project in which I interface photodetector to my computer through SCB-68 kit. The SCB-68 kit was connected to computer using PCI-8331 card.
Now, my input was analog signal from photodetector but at programming interface I was getting digital values for computation. Now my confusion about the conversion task done by which part of this connection?
SCB-68 was converting the input signal and supplying digital output? or PCI-8331 was doing digitization before delivering information to computer? or labview itself was doing it after getting signal from PCI-8331?
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Thanks!
Solved!
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How do I set up HP TouchSmart 600-1215xt with TV Tuner to Digital cable set top box?

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How can i change analog waves into digital waves?

we had labview lab last week.. were doing fine if we have instructions unfortunately the professor will give us an exercise regarding baseband signals spectra.. were trying to download a trial software but we dont have any luck. the question asks for us to change analog waves into digital waves, measure the amplitude of the 5-th harmonic using spectrum analyzer.. i hope you can help me thnx..

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Confusion about Master data text

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I got a Flat File data in my PC .Here is the scenario:
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Medium Text - 40 Chars & Long Text - 60 Chars. Depending on the length of the maximum possible length of description that could come from our source, we need to check the appropriate Texts.
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Analog data to digital data conversion in labwindows

Hi
Is there any library function available in Labwindows for converting Analog data to Digital Data..
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shoukat,
could you please provide some more information about the background of this question? Is there any link to motion control (this is the Motion Control forum)?
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Confused about SPDIFF

Hi AF!
a short story - i plugged out the SB live from one PC and put it into another.
I followed this guide along installingt Soundblaster http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA_Setup
But this worked on the first PC, but not on the other?? And I can't figure it out. I'm about to build a mediecenter with Myth TV, but keeps running ionto severals errors. So here it is:
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snd_mpu401 6368 0
snd_mpu401_uart 6528 1 snd_mpu401
snd_seq_oss 31716 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6400 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49996 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 38176 0
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snd_emu10k1 118820 1
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snd_hwdep 7428 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 46432 15 snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
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Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 63 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 63 [100%] [on]
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# amixer scontrols
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Simple mixer control 'Headphone LFE',1
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',1
Simple mixer control 'Headphone Center',1
Simple mixer control 'Tone',0
Simple mixer control 'Bass',0
Simple mixer control 'Treble',0
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'Synth',0
Simple mixer control 'Wave',0
Simple mixer control 'Wave Center',0
Simple mixer control 'Wave LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'Wave Surround',0
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Simple mixer control 'Line LiveDrive',0
Simple mixer control 'Line2 LiveDrive',1
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Coaxial',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 LiveDrive',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 TTL',0
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Simple mixer control 'AC97',0
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Simple mixer control 'SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack',0
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# Use COAX-Digital output
amixer set 'IEC958 Optical' 100 unmute
amixer set 'SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack' on
But its about here I believe somethings is wrong - becaurse after rebooting between the last Deamons and KDE-startscreen, it comes up with some errors ? But I'm not able to see those - is there somewhere I can do that afterwards??
Well after that - I have been able to make the SB work - But only as analog, not as digital??? what couls that be - I works jhust fine in the other PC without any problems (some - but not like this)
The next problems is - the sound in KDE works, but ogle am not able to use this device?? It just coming with this error and playing the DVD really fast ???
# ogle
xscreensaver-command not found.
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Unable to update the IEC958 control: No such file or directory
using MMX for yuv2rgb conversion
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ERROR[ogle_audio]: prepare failed: Device or resource busy
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Unable to update the IEC958 control: No such file or directory
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Unable to set hw params for playback: File descriptor in bad state
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Setting of hwparams failed: File descriptor in bad state
FATAL[ogle_audio]: ogle_ao_init:
ERROR[ogle_audio]: odelay error: Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Can't recover from Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: odelay error: Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Can't recover from Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: odelay error: Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: Can't recover from Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: odelay error: Input/output error
-ERROR[ogle_audio]: Can't recover from Input/output error
ERROR[ogle_audio]: odelay error: Input/output error
Well I'm not that deep into Arch - but still somewhere I keep trying, but sometimes this really breaks you down -- > so please help me
Thanks in advance [/code]

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Udev: confusion about identifier ATTRS{idProduct}

Hi,
i'm confused about how exactly udev identifies a device, imho the idProduct identifier is (in this specific case) inconsistent.
Short story:
'lsusb' and 'udeadm info' indentify the devices idProduct as "1002", but to get udev rules working i have to use ATTRS{idProduct}=="1001" though.
Long story:
I have this usb-to-midi device (midisport 2x2), which needs to load firmware to work (midisport-firmware). This is the udev rule to load the firmware:
#/etc/udev/rules.d/42-midisport-firmware.rules
# MidiSport 2x2
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0763", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1001", RUN+="/sbin/fxload -s /usr/share/usb/maudio/MidiSportLoader.ihx -I /usr/share/usb/maudio/MidiSport2x2.ihx -D %N"
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looking at device '/bus/usb/devices/usb3/3-2':
KERNEL=="3-2"
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DRIVER=="usb"
ATTR{configuration}==""
ATTR{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
ATTR{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
ATTR{bmAttributes}=="a0"
ATTR{bMaxPower}==" 0mA"
ATTR{urbnum}=="13"
ATTR{idVendor}=="0763"
ATTR{idProduct}=="1002"
ATTR{bcdDevice}=="0121"
ATTR{bDeviceClass}=="00"
ATTR{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
ATTR{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
ATTR{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
ATTR{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
ATTR{speed}=="12"
ATTR{busnum}=="3"
ATTR{devnum}=="7"
ATTR{devpath}=="2"
ATTR{version}==" 1.00"
ATTR{maxchild}=="0"
ATTR{quirks}=="0x0"
ATTR{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
ATTR{authorized}=="1"
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3':
KERNELS=="usb3"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
DRIVERS=="usb"
ATTRS{configuration}==""
ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="e0"
ATTRS{bMaxPower}==" 0mA"
ATTRS{urbnum}=="145"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d6b"
ATTRS{idProduct}=="0001"
ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0302"
ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="09"
ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
ATTRS{speed}=="12"
ATTRS{busnum}=="3"
ATTRS{devnum}=="1"
ATTRS{devpath}=="0"
ATTRS{version}==" 1.10"
ATTRS{maxchild}=="2"
ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0"
ATTRS{avoid_reset_quirk}=="0"
ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Linux 3.2.9-1-ARCH uhci_hcd"
ATTRS{product}=="UHCI Host Controller"
ATTRS{serial}=="0000:00:1a.0"
ATTRS{authorized_default}=="1"
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0':
KERNELS=="0000:00:1a.0"
SUBSYSTEMS=="pci"
DRIVERS=="uhci_hcd"
ATTRS{vendor}=="0x8086"
ATTRS{device}=="0x2937"
ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x17aa"
ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x20f0"
ATTRS{class}=="0x0c0300"
ATTRS{irq}=="16"
ATTRS{local_cpus}=="ff"
ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-7"
ATTRS{dma_mask_bits}=="32"
ATTRS{consistent_dma_mask_bits}=="32"
ATTRS{enable}=="1"
ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0"
ATTRS{msi_bus}==""
looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00':
KERNELS=="pci0000:00"
SUBSYSTEMS==""
DRIVERS==""
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The midisport box is the only device where this inconsistence appears, all other usb-devices (hdds, sticks, sound card, dvb-t stick, mp3 player) get identified as expected.
I want to know, if anybody can explain this/ if anybody has had similar experiences!

Looking at the udevadm info output, it shows ATTR{idproduct}=="1002" and ATTRS{idproduct}=="0001" and your rule uses ATTRS{idproduct}=="1001".
Have you tried with just ATTR{idproduct}=="1002" (note no S)? Looking at the output of info, I would still not expect ATTRS{idproduct}=="1001" to work, but udev's changed a fair bit in the last few years and the old bible for rules is way out of date.

Confused About Catch Up

Hi everyone, So I have just had Sky installed and I am a little confused about some aspects of it and I hope someone can give me some advice. The catch up service: Is it normal for there to be very little actual content in the catch up section?When I was looking at the various options on offer, one of the things that I really liked the look of was the '30 day catch up service'.
I (possibly incorrectly) assumed this would mean I could access the vast majority (if not all) of the programmes shown on Sky for the last 30 days. When I look in the catch up section, there is very little choice there.For example - in the sky channels section, sorted by day - for last Saturday there are only four shows. Is this a fault or is catch up a whole lot less than it promises to be? I have the family package by the way and I realise that I can only access channels and catch up that I am subscribed to but it seems very poor to me that the 'catch up' service amounts to just a handful of shows, most of which I am not interested in. Strangely, when I manually search in the search box for a specific show, I get on-demand results that I cannot find anywhere else in the EPG. Is there more on demand content there but only if you know exactly what you want to search for and use the search box? It seems odd to me that I have to know what I want to watch and search for it manually, I cannot just browse a list of available shows. Pushed on demand: So the way I understand it is this, my 500GB hard drive has 250GB partitioned off for the sky box to download content to overnight. Where do I access this content?I can't find any of it.I have read the manual and it says I will see a little play icon on content that is available to watch which, I assume, refers to content automatically downloaded by the box. I have seen this icon on one show. That's it. Is 250GB of space being used for nothing?Can I get that space to use for my own downloads and recordings?I know there is a setting to turn off 'pushed on demand' but does this free up the space reserved? Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere or if I am asking stupid questions and thanks in advance for any replies. Broddr.

Thanks for the reply Annie.
I did as you suggested and still get no more.
Pressing the green button and selecting channels just splits the five shows up into their specific channel.
I have five shows total.
I select Nat Geo channel and it shows the three of those five shows that are on Nat Geo.
I select Nat Geo Wild and it shows the remaining two of those five shows that are on the Wild channel.
I have been through all the system settings and every page on the box OS again and again and I am coming to the conclusion that I do not have a problem as such, rather the service is simply pants!
Apparently my 'catch up' service for Nat Geo for the last four days consists of one programme!
I suppose for an 'extra' service I can't really complain, but the touted '30 day catch up service' was one of the main reasons I signed up.
I would argue they should not really call it 'catch up'.
'Selected highlights' is probably more accurate.
"Catch up on the best of sky over the last thirty days - as long as, for example, what you want to catch up on SyFy is Dark Matter and Defiance 'cos that's all there is."

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