[mythtv-users] Vintage TV - a UK Freeivew/Data Channel and MythTV

[Mike Perkins]

On 05/01/15 10:40, Charlie Myth wrote:
> Hello there
>
> I have been trying to access Vintage TV on MythTV via Freeview with no
> success; Vintage TV is available in the UK as Freeview channel 242 (amongst
> other mechanisms), but requires Freeview HD (which I have via a (usb) PCTV
> nanoStick T2 290e) and a data connection as it is a streamed channel?. Some
> set top boxes and TVs are compatible others are not (
> http://www.vintage.tv/news/26/).
>
> Myth knows about channel 242, but I just get a blank screen when I attempt
> to watch it (I can provide further details like logs and MythTV versions
> (0.27) when I am not at work). Before delving into the detail of logs etc,
> however, I would like to ask if the fact that Vintage TV is a streaming
> service mean that it is simply not going to work with MythTV or am I just
> missing something obvious.
>
If it is a streamed channel, I'm guessing that it doesn't come over the airwaves 
but through your internet connection.

All the channel 242 stuff probably does is provide a suitably obscured URL for 
the "smart" TV or STB to be able to go and find the content - and possibly 
provide a DRM key to enable the box to decode the stream when it arrives.

-- 

Mike Perkins