[mythtv-users] digital satellite WinTV-Nexus-s

[Joseph H. Fry]

Another thought along these lines... a tivo uses Linux and I assume the
DirecTV receivers with tivo built in don't go decoding and
re-encoding... I wonder if you were to buy such a receiver, and hack
around with the tivo portion of it, if you could then capture that same
mpeg data and stream it out to your mythtv system.

Just a thought... I'll try and see if it's being done.  I feel a night
of web-crawling coming on.

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Joseph H. Fry
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:38 AM
> To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] digital satellite WinTV-Nexus-s
> 
> At some point in every DirectTV receiver the signal is pure
unencrypted
> MPEG... from what I understand, most receivers use the same chip to
> decode the mpeg stream and output it to the video out lines.  If one
> were to intercept this signal before it is decoded and reroute it to a
> pc you would essentially have direct access to the digital data... of
> course you would need to not only hack up your receiver, but also
likely
> build a custom card to interface with your pc.... not an easy task I'm
> sure.
> 
> Joe
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:21 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] digital satellite WinTV-Nexus-s
> >
> > The only way this will ever happen with US based DVB signals is if
> > somebody hacks
> > some software together to emulate the hardware and use a subscribed
> > card.  Of course
> > we couldn't have it easy like those overseas....  /sarcasm
> >
> > Joseph H. Fry wrote:
> >
> > >A DirectTV Card is not likely to ever happen, the most we can
really
> > >hope for is someone to figure out how to capture the mpeg stream
> > >directly instead of re-encoding from the video output.
> > >
> > >>From what I understand there is a site dedicated to demystifying
> directv
> > >and associated receivers.  I'm sure someone would be glad to add
the
> > >address to the thread.
> > >
> > >Joe
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > >>bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Curtis Stanford
> > >>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 12:48 PM
> > >>To: Discussion about mythtv
> > >>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] digital satellite WinTV-Nexus-s
> > >>
> > >>Cool! Anything on the horizon that works with DirecTV?
> > >>
> > >>On June 25, 2003 09:46 am, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>On Wednesday 25 June 2003 11:20 am, Milos Prudek wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Hi all,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Is it possible to use MythTV with a digital satellite card such
as
> > >>>>Hauppauge WinTV-Nexus-s ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>Almost.  It's being worked on.  Help coding/testing would be
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>appreciated.
> > >>
> > >>
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