Hi dreamy - a question - as you said, time to live can be quite long - not a huge deal for me, but do you have any tips on what to do to minimize the delay as much as possible? Perhaps some setting changes in WinTV2000?
dreamy you are awesome! That's why I call thinking outside the box! I just did this in no time at all and it works like a charm - thank you soooo much for taking the time to post this solution!