[mythtvnz] Extracting EPG from sky

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:47:24 +1300
Corrin Lakeland wrote:

> You're probably right.  I was thinking wget on the .torrent followed  
> by btlaunchheadless, but at 500k it would make a very small amount of  
> data to distribute.  My concern is that the generous source providing  
> this data might not be so willing if hundreds are taking advantage of  
> it. 

Yes a few hundred downloaders could create a problem.

If I was doing it I would upload it to a freely available service, like the homepages that ISP's offer and then let people use the ISP's bandwidth.

> I know I'm downloading it twice since for some stupid reason  
> squid is refusing to cache it (I checked the modified header, I'm  
> pretty sure the fault is at my end, I promise I'll sort it out soon).
> 
> > I don't think Sky will be giving this away for any affordable price.
> > Use the existing internet sources is my advice.
> 
> Okay, how about going back to my first suggestion and buying a cheap  
> DVB-S card coupled with a PVR150.  The DVB card can then extract FTA  
> channels as well as EPG data, while a PVR150 can pick up the sky  
> channels (via composite and an IR blaster).  A budget DVB-S card is  
> $160 or less, a PVR150 is $150, while a PVR500 is $270, so you're  
> barely paying more.  Any chance of sky choosing to encrypt the FTA  
> channels or their EPG data?

Thats my plan (I have the PVR-150, soon to get a DVB-S from Europe.)


> 
> PS: Something that might amuse people here, after a lot of  
> comparisons I finally decided which remote I thought would be best  
> for controlling my mythtv box.  It has "Microsoft" written in large  
> letters on it...  Next think y'know, I'll be installing MCE2k5!
> 
> Corrin

Rob Fisher uses one of those remottes very successfully with myth, and it is also programmed to control his TV. cool.


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Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>