[mythtvnz] SkyStar2 and HD-5000

[Steven Ellis]

On Sat, December 8, 2007 9:31 am, NZ Russ wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> I'm (still) overseas and heading back to NZ soon (March) and have a
> Skystar2
> and Airstar-HD-5000 which I'm hoping to use for NZ DVB-S and DVB-T. Have
> two
> questions which hopefully someone can provide comment.
>
> 1: Anyone have any idea how far away 'mainstream' mythtv is from providing
> multiple channels from one DVB Stream? (Mythtv wiki indicates 'in
> progress'..) Specifically for use with my Skystar 2 DVB-S PCI

Still in development so probably a good 6 months away

> 2. The Airstar HD-5000 (http://tinyurl.com/2ypm4v) says it supports QAM 64
> -
> 256. Will this Card support the new New Zealand DVB-T?     (This card has
> actually caused be grief. turns out there is a bug in the kernel supported
> driver in 2.6.20-16 and not fixed until Kernel 2.6.23. Am currently
> running
> Ubuntu Gutsy (2.6.20.x) and waiting for that 2.6.23 kernel to flow down..
> Hopefully it's in 8.04!!)

Sadly this appears to be an ATSC card and not a DVB-T card, so I very much
doubt you will be able to use it here in NZ.

Steve


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