[mythtv-users] UK NTL analogue control

[steve at nexusuk.org]

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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004, Stephen Longhurst wrote:

> Can anyone provide any insight into controlling the CFT-2000, so that
> mythtv can change channels? I've read quite a bit about IR Blasters,

You might want to try plugging the cable directly into your tuner instead 
of using the CATV brick - if you're not getting any encrypted channels the 
extended tuning range of most tv cards can usually pick the signal up off 
the cable.  What'd be really cool would be to have a brute-force decrypter 
plugin for myth ;)

> input directly, bypassing the CFT-2000. I've been thinking of getting
> a Sky dish for quite some time now. If I do, are the sky boxes easier
> to control?

I use a sky box and a LIRC homebrew IR transmitter to control it - the 
sky boxes are very picky about the IR timings, but once set up it's 
reliable (have a look in the projects section of my website for a LIRC 
config file with the right timings in it).

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 - Steve                                             http://www.nexusuk.org/

     Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence

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