[mythtv-users] Dish HD and Mythtv

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 1, 2008, at 7:57 PM, David George wrote:

> Junk Mail wrote:
>> I would like to use Mythtv with my Dish HD service.  Most of the
>> information I find for Mythtv setups and instructions appear to be
>> geared towards Cable.  Where can I get more information about the  
>> Dish
>> HD + Mythtv experience?  I would like to be able to determine how the
>> two systems would interact and the pro's and con's with the various
>> configuration options.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any information/links you can provide,
>
> There is a ticket that adds R5000 support to MythTV.  See:
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/4752 .
>
> I use it with DirecTV and it captures both SD and HD just fine (as  
> long
> as it is MPEG2 HDTV).  The Dish version supports MPEG2 and (some?) of
> the Dish MPEG4 receivers. See the ticket and the nextcom wireless web
> site that is in the ticket for more information.
>
> All you need is an EHCI high-speed USB port on your backend (or slave
> backend).

...and you need an R5000-modified box and the desire to run trunk. ;)