[Nottingham] Hi all!

[Brian Pickford]

Yes it is possible with a dvb-c adapter, but this breaks the TOS and is not
how I did the job. In the past I have used an IR blaster to change the
channel on the set top box and a capture card to grab the video and audio. I
have the configs for the ir blaster still, and with mythbuntu I think the
set-up is pretty easy.

This works quite well. However I have now dropped the virgin cable
in favour of a mixed approach of 2xdvb-s2 for freesat and one dvb-t for
freeview. The cost of a satellite and lnb can be as low as £30, installing
it is  a snap if you borrow my dish aiming tool. The dvb-s2 revievers are a
bit more pricey at around 70 euros.
.
Mixed transport has it's challenges but this give rock steady reliability
from the freesat and a few extra channels each way.

So, it's fair to say I've tried most of the choices, let me know if you need
help with any.

Cheers, Brian

On 12 January 2011 10:28, Jason Irwin <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Thanks Brian – first question, is it possible to connect to the Virgin
> cable feed?  I’ve seen a few box of tricks talked about, but little current
> information.
>
> We don’t know if the house aerial is viable (and have no TV down there to
> test with) so may have to get Virgin after all.
>
>
>
> J.
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> *From:* nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:
> nottingham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *Brian Pickford
> *Sent:* 11 January 2011 17:41
> *To:* Notts GNU/Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Nottingham] Hi all!
>
>
>
>  'I’d love to get Myth etc running'
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> That is my main hobby with Linux, happy to give you some help. These days I
>  use Mythbuntu and build very little from source. It's a fantastic suite of
> programs and with Nvidia and VDPAU, HD playback is sweet from freesat and,
> in time freeview.
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> Brian.
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