[mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers

[Paul Harvey]

Clay wrote:

>That's a good idea...I had all but forgotten about them.  Do you know if
>this particular one will work with Linux and mythTV?
>
>http://www.dsscanada.ca/vision.shtml
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>I searched Google and the mythtvtalk forums but it yielded little results.
>
>clay 
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>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Aaron
>Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:14 AM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers
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>I think you could get an FTA PCI card cheaper than a PVR-250.
>
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>Quoting Clay <clay at gdsys.net>:
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>>Got you.  Thanks for the clarification!  I'll order the hardware today.
>>Thanks again Michael.
>>
>>clay
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
>>Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:16 AM
>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers
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>>Clay wrote:
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>>>Does mythTV work with FTA satellite receivers (specifically a Pansat 
>>>2300)?
>>>      
>>>
>>Yes.
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>>>  I just started reading on this subject today and am a little 
>>>confused.  I was also looking at the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250, but it 
>>>says it only has a 125 channel tuner.  If this is the case how are 
>>>you getting it to work when you have more channels?
>>>      
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>>Your satellite receiver is your tuner.  From the satellite receiver, 
>>you will send the signal to the PVR-250 using coaxial cable with an 
>>F-connector, composite, S-Video, SCART, ...
>>
>>If using coax/F-connector, the receiver will output the signal on some 
>>channel, i.e. channel 3 or channel 4 (usually selectable, but we'll 
>>just say
>>3 for now), so you will tune the PVR-250 to channel 3.  You will then 
>>change the channel on the satellite receiver, and it will output the 
>>new channel on channel 3.  Therefore, you will never need to go above 125.
>>
>>If using composite, S-Video, or SCART, you will be completely 
>>bypassing the PVR-250's tuner.  Therefore, you won't need to go above 
>>channel 125 (or even tune any channel on the PVR-250 for that matter).
>>
>>Note, however, that you will need some way to control the satellite 
>>receiver from your PC.  If the receiver has an infra-red remote 
>>control, you can do so with LIRC ( http://www.lirc.org ) and an IR 
>>transmitter (commercial products are available, or you can build your 
>>own for less than a dollar--or spend about $12 to make a much nicer 
>>transmitter).  If the receiver has a serial port (which may be a 
>>standard DB-9 (serial) port or even an RJ-11
>>(phone) port), you could link the Myth box directly to the receiver, 
>>but depending on whether others have already done so, you might need 
>>to do some work to figure out how to control it (i.e. how to send the 
>>commands over the serial connection).
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>>>  I do like the features of mythTV very much, but I want to make 
>>>sure it will do what I need before I spend the cash on the hardware.
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>      
>>>
>>And, IMHO, it's well worth the investment of cash/time/effort.
>>
>>Mike
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There is support in the 2.6 kernel for that card.  You have to enable 
the bt8x8 stuff under V4L ( and all its prereqs), then go under DVB for 
Linux and it will be listed.

I have the card in a MythTV box I'm working on getting working.  Having 
problems with the Satellite alignment part.... :(