So I wanted to use my Hauppauge HD PVR and Colossus devices to record shows from 2 set-top-boxes like dual tuners basically I even have the second emitter for my MCE remote. From reading other posts I realized this would not work for 2 reasons:
1 - MC does not support sending different codes to the 2 IR emitters to change channels independently. It sends the same code to all emitters. Yaobing posted this was coming but no ETA.
2 - I don't see a way to match channels to a second box from the same TV provider in the scan channel from set-top-box menu.
As a work around until the 2 issues above are resolved I was thinking using theHD PVR device to record everything except where I have conflicts. I would then temporarily use the software that came with the Hauppauge devices, Arcsoft WinTV, to record the shows that conflict with other shows on the Colossus, save them in a specific directory and import that directory in MC.
3 questions come to mind however:
1- will any part of the Arcsoft suite Decoder, encoders etc. conflict with MC?
2- will the format Arcsoft use be recognized by MC to import them?
3- will the Hauppauge IR blaster software WinTV uses and require to change channels on the second STB interfere with the MCE remote I use in MC?
