[mythtv-users] Mythtv with DirecTV

[Richard Brandolino]

The current favorite is network control of the STB

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Controlling_DirecTV_Set_Top_Box_%28STB%29_via_Network
.

This is the same protocol used by all those remote apps for your smartphone.

On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <
> gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:08 PM, DryHeat122 . <dryheat122 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > OK.  I'm using a HDPVR now with my cable BOX, so that's fine.  I am
>> still
>> > wondering about channel changing.
>>
>> Some of the newer DirecTV boxes allow channel
>> changing via HTTP requests (scripts are on the
>> MythTV wiki).  The older ones will (likely) require
>> an IR blaster (discussion of those are also on
>> the wiki).
>>
>>
> I used directv when I first started with Myth (which was 12-13 years ago,
> which is crazy realizing that).  My directv box had a way to connect to the
> serial port of my mythbox (may have been an adapter) and I could change
> channels that way.  What ports does your stb box have?
>
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