[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 131, Issue 68

[Thomas Mashos]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Rob Jensen <bertaboy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>
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>> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:02:03 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] SAT>IP supported?
>> Tim Draper <veehexx at zoho.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> is SAT>IP (Sat over IP, SAT-IP) supported as video source?
>>
>>> looks like a dvb-s2 version of the HDhomerunner boxes?
>>
>> That was my thought as well. But as Nick Rout points out, you can put a backend with tuners close to your feed and use MythTV to achieve the same thing.
>>
>> As to whether this particular service/device is supported, isn't it a case of whether the V4L project support it ? Ie if it's supported by V4L and appears as a "tuner" then Myth will use it.
>
> Based off of what I'm seeing, there's a defined protocol, but I'm
> guessing each provider probably adapts from there and uses their own
> proprietary protocol (what company would want its customers to mix &
> match suppliers for different SAT-IP components?)  There were a few
> posts I found in other forums that discuss SAT-IP and V4L, but they
> mention them more in passing:
>
> http://www.vdr-portal.de/board18-vdr-hardware/board102-dvb-karten/p1176732-vorschlag-gemeinsame-basis-f%C3%BCr-netzwerkbasierte-tuner-sat-ip-netceiver-octopus-net/
> http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=8556
>
> Protocol:
> http://www.satip.info/sites/satip/files/resource/satip_specification_version_1_2.pdf
>
> Since it looks like VLC understands the protocol, there's probably a
> way to daisy-chain SAT-IP/VLC/MythTV together if Myth doesn't see the
> server on its own....
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Thanks,

Thomas Mashos