[mythtv-users] DIGITAL CARD

[Chad]

On 3/2/06, Mike Daugird <MDaugird at erdman.com> wrote:
> Has anyone in the USA had a card like this running under Mythtv?
> Did it work as you expected it to?
>
> Which drivers did you use?
> thanks
>
>
> http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_nexus.html
> _______________________________________________

Work for what?  I rummaged through my 'parts bin' last night and
pulled out a DVB-S card.  It takes a smart card (I'd guess one of
those cards inside your set top box from your satellite company).  I'd
suspect I could use it as a receiver to capture satellite I could
receive on my box, but receive it on my computer instead.  Thinking
"Wow!" I thought I'd investigate a bit.  Apparently in the US we don't
support DVB-S, at least not freely (free to air DVB-S is in other
countries though).  It's proprietary and the DVB-S cards won't work
with it.

The card I have is (or was) an expensive card!  It was originally
priced at something like 350 bucks, USD.  It seems my card is more for
data driven through a Satellite, not mpeg, but I don't see the
difference other than how it's encrypted.  If I had satellite TV I
could give it a run, but being cheap, poor, and skeptical, I'll hold
out for quite some time.

So my [short] SWAG (Scientific Wild A** Guess) is no, it won't work. 
My curious "Could it work though, if I had a card to try it out with"
side of me is saying, why not try?

(...maybe swing by my brother's house to "borrow" his card for a day)

Chad