[mythtv-users] Foxtel/PayTV in Australia

[Tom Sparks]

--- On Tue, 31/8/10, Glen Hawksworth <glenhawk at optusnet.com.au> wrote:


> On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 21:24 +1000,
> Bill Williamson wrote:
> > With selecttv you can use an irdeto cam and thus get
> help on this
> > list. With foxtel it's softcam only and not welcome
> 
> OT part: 
> ok, you hooked me, I had a look at the selecTV website but
> I am a tad
> confused.
> When I looked at the packages on offer all that is there is
> Spanish or
> Greek. Everything I read about SelecTV indicates it is just
> like any
> other payTV but I can't see how you subscribe to a basic
> package.
here some information about selecTV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SelecTV
> 
> Back on topic:
> Those with SelecTV/MythTv in Aust where do you get your
> hardware? OS? In
> my searching so far all I found was http://dvbshop.net/ (somewhere in
> Eu)
> Given your comments I assume it has been done before but I
> haven't found
> much in the way of a guide but rather some comments saying
> it works.
> Would you or anyone else using SelecTV care to elaborate on
> their setup?
> On or off list is fine.
> Thanks,
> Glen
> 
My understanding is you use the PayTV Set top box and plug it into a Analog TV capture cards, and use a IR blaster (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/IR_Blaster) to control the PayTV Set top box

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