[ossig] Re: [myoss] mythtv for astro

[Changching Yew <changchingyew@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Better not be an old pc...

I hope Athlon 700MHz is not old in this context...

> 
> > There r a number of issues in getting it to work with astro
> > 1. Getting a good encoder card
> > Looking at Hauppauge PVR250 (RM 399) or PVR150 (RM ???). PVR150 looks
> > like a good deal as it includes both remote and ir blaster but I have
> > yet to find it fully supported under linux.
> 
> Hmm, I had a K-World taiwanese thing back in '99 that worked with astro
> just fine. Linux supported, allowed me to record mtv (which were Britney
> videos for a friend's birthday ;-)), and worked like a charm generally

Is it an mpeg 2 encoder card? Most TV capture card does not support
real time mpeg2 encoding and i think saving raw video is not a good
option

> 
> > 2. Getting mythtv change channel on astro box automatically
> > The solution is to use an IR blaster to change channel on astro set
> > top box. But I have yet to find the correct IR code to use with astro
> > set top box. Would write up the IR transmit if could get the astro IR
> > spec.
> 
> Well, the frequencies can be gotten if you have a Palm (or an IR
> receiver and something that grabs the ir freq's). I've done this before,
> also, back then (when it was cool to run omniremote on my Palm IIIx, ooh
> sexy beast)

Hmm... dun have a palm here... probably hand solder one LIRC IR
receiver to capture them

Cheers


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