Re: MythTV DVB-S

["fixitmendit" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep I have built both a DVB-S and a DVB-T box using MythBuntu 8.10 both
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their schedules via the EIT i.e. EPG being transmitted, they were built co=
mpletely independent of each other i.e. both Master and not used for
Fronte=
nd duties, as we use notebooks, netbooks or AppleTV's for that.

The issue you will have is making sure you get the RIGHT cards as not all
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ards are supported and even chipsets can change on the same model numbers
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-)

Hence all of the pictures on the MythTV resource sites showing card
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.  I bought a pair of TECHNISAT SKYSTAR 2 PCI TV CARD which work fine but
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nly have one receiver per card.

BBC HD will needs a LOT of processing power to playback / decode without
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tters and pausing etc..

The two DVB-T cards are both Hauppauge Nova 500-T cards which are actually
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USB devices mounted on a board with a USB hub on card so to speak.  These
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gain were hard to track down the correct ones but MythTV is always being
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proved and adding support for other cards.

It really is worthwhile making sure you have a good Freeview signal as
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would be my preference since there is little extra via DVB-S except the HD=
content.

You can do some amazing stuff with them i.e. stream via MythWeb to hosts
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nning VLC but there are some gotcha's, when streaming Channel Four does
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have sound.  Took a while to figure that one out ;-)

Goes without saying you will need vast amounts of space too, but 1.5Tb
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are =A3100 a pop if you look around !

I used this guide for the DVB-S setup and there is another one on the same
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site for the DVB-T as well.

http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_freesat.php


R



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Alex" <ha@...> wrote:
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> Anyone built a MythTV box with DVB-S cards?
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> I'm looking at building a dual satellite box with room to grow,
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> most of the FAQ's seem to relate to "normal" capture cards.
The DVB-S car=
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> seem to suggest that they capture directly as an MPEG stream which
would
> suggest lower CPU power is required, however the FAQ's seem to suggest
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> CPU's are required for HD. I don't want to build a big box to have the
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> idle but will also want to have 2-4 satellite cards and potentially a
> freeview card.
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> Any suggestions / hints / sites to view welcome.
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> Anyone found a good source of "Wife friendly" PC cases as
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> the living room.
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> Suggestions for a Linux compatible VGA card with both HDMI and
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> (current TV supports 1080i but only via component) would also be
welcome.
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> Thanks
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