[mythtv-users] New to list, replacing Sky+, DVD, etc

[Andrew Williams]

On 7/29/07, Matt Bruce <lists at jumile.me.uk> wrote:
> As I own the Sky gear I have and still have the Sky satellite card, my
> understanding is that Ch4&5 are fine with that card (I'll essentially
> be a "Freesat from Sky" user as per http://www.freesatfromsky.com/
> with ~200 video channels and ~95 radio channels). So if I build a PVR
> that can take the card (a CI slot?), will that not allow Ch4&5
> decryption?

Sky's encryption system is "in-house" to NewsCorp, so no CAMs are
available for NDS (as far as I know). You'll have to use a Sky box
with a PVR-150 or its ilk to get full channel access.

> That's a pain. I'm a registered DigiGuide.com user - I don't supposed
> there's any way of integrating that into a PVR's EPG? Or am I right in
> thinking you can get third-party EPG data via the Internet?
>

You can use XMLTV to grab Radio Time's feed, covers most of the main
channels but some others you'll have to suffer with Now/Next

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