[mythtv-users] DVB-S cards

[Nick F]

On 4/8/07, Razza <ray at brambletree.net> wrote:
>
> Stroller wrote:
> 08 April 2007 19:00
> >For subscription Sky services? I've never encountered anyone who is
> using it under Linux - I'm sure compatibility has never been
> >confirmed on this list.
> >Stroller.
>
> Cheers, I've looked around on various fora and have seen no success
> stories under Linux, although plenty under windows :o(


Here's one - I use a DVB-S card with my (valid) Sky card on my MythTV set
up.

I have the Technotrend TT-budget S-1500 DVB-S card with add-on CI daughter
card and a T-Rex 4.1 CAM.  I bought the card and CI daughter from Germany -
http://www.dvbshop.net/  and the T-Rex from ebay.  I use the SVN builds of
Myth (for some reason the 0.20 release didn't work with my CAM) and can
happily decrypt all the channels I pay for on Sky (but I don't have any of
the premium channels - but C4, E4, Discovery, MTV,etc all work).  It is
possible to enter your Sky digibox serial number to the CAM (I can do it
with the CAS3+ programmer I bought) which then should enable it to work with
the premium channels (Sports and Movies) - but I haven't done that yet.

It was plug and play for me.  I use a current kernel (2.6.20 I think but it
worked on.19 as well) on FC6 and everything worked out of the box.  I have
to return my Sky card to the digibox once a month/6-weeks or so to 'refresh'
the keys on the Sky card.

As far as I'm aware it's completely legal as long as you have a valid Sky
card, and the quality I get is very good (better I imagine than captured
digibox output since it stays in the digital domain until I play it on my
TV).

Recording BBC-HD works fine, but I usually have to transcode it to play
decently on any of my frontends.  I stick with the Radiotimes feed for my
EPG since I can only get now and next via DVB.  It can't interpret the Sky
EPG feed.
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