[mythtv-users] DVB-S Tuner Advice

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Thu Mar 27 13:45:54 UTC 2008


On Thu, March 27, 2008 12:44 pm, Another Sillyname wrote:
> Robert
>
> Haven't both ITV and C4 said their respective service's will be S2?
>
> J

I don't know.  It would seem to make sense that they do - since that is
what S2 is supposed to be for!  Of course the website (freesat.co.uk)
tells you nothing interesting.  I can't even find a launch date.

Robert.


>
> On 27/03/2008, Robert <RobertCL at iname.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, March 27, 2008 12:27 pm, Dave Whitehead wrote:
>>  > Charlie-
>>  > I've had little experience of UK satellite with MythTV but have tried
>> my
>>  > SkyStar 2 satellite card in the MythTV for UK SD satellite tv with no
>>  > issues
>>  > (not tried with HD),   I can get BBCHD with no problems on a WinXP
>>  > platform
>>  > with dvbviewer/powerdvdultra, I'm waiting till it's clear what cards
>> will
>>  > work for DVB-S2 in the uk on a linux platfom.
>>  >
>>  > If you want HD then I think you'll have to go the Windows route for
>> the
>>  > moment, there are some good threads on www.avforums.com, but I'd
>> recommend
>>  > for your sat dish that you get a quad lnb which it the standard today
>>  >
>>  > Dave
>>
>>  Currently BBC HD is broadcast in DVB-S (not S2) so you don't need and
>> S2
>>  card - any DVB-S card should be able to receive it.  Support for DVB-S2
>>  in myth / linux seems to be pretty "cutting-edge" at the minute -
>> meaning
>>  you have to patch sources, etc to make it work.  I've not tried myself,
>>  but I've seen reports that indicate it can be done.  I'd be interested
>> to
>>  know if freesat will be S or S2 or a mixture, but I've not seen any
>> info
>>  about this either way.
>>
>>  Robert.
>>
>>
>>
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