[mythtv-users] C-Band Satellite with Myth?

[Geoff Scott]

On Apr 4, 2005 11:41 AM, Robert Denier <denier at umr.edu> wrote:
> Has anyone setup myth to work with a C-band satellite system?  In some
> ways the pictures on "ordinary" channels are better there, but then
> a lot of channels have moved away from C-band.  The reason the pictures
> are better, of course, is its an uncompressed signal, at least for the
> older videocipher II encrypted channels.
> 
> By setup I mean you'd want the guide to work and myth to somehow handle
> entering the channel data so the dish moves and all that.
> 
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> 
> Robert Denier (denier at umr.edu)
> PhD Electrical Engineering (May 2005)
> University of Missouri-Rolla
> http://www.finiteinfinity.com
> 

While not a specific answer to your question, it is in a round-about
way.  A fella in an "I, Cringely" article (September 30, 2004) did get
it to work.  The article actually got me looking into doing something
similar with my neighbours, but C-Band dishes are hard to keep from
becoming eye sores.

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040930.html

gs

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