[mythtv-users] Moving from Cable to Satellite

[peter at vanderwal.us]

I have DirecTV.  When I moved 18 months ago they gave me a new STB free,
it's a D11.

I use the S-video output from the box into my PVR-350.
There are two ways to control the STB, you can use an IRblaster or direct
control it through a serial port.

The complete instructions for using the serial port are:
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirectTV_D11_via_USB

The latest directv.pl
http://www.pdp8.net/directv/directv.shtml

FWIW, my mobo has the plugs fir serial ports, but didn't come with the
actual D9 connectors.  So I just used another USB to serial adapter.

Whichever way you go, make sure to setup permissions on the port so the
mythtv user can access it.

> I have my MythTV up and working just the way I like it with my local cable
> company and using a PVR-350.  I just bought, but haven't installed, a
> PVR-500 so I can have more tuners available.
>
> With that said, I have been looking at the offers from DirectTV and am
> really impressed with the savings that I would be able to have by
> switching
> to Satellite instead of cable.
>
> My question is, how do I go about using MythTV through a Satellite
> receiver?  What would I have to be doing differently than just running the
> coax from the cable company into my PVR-350?
>
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> Brett M. Williams
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