[mythtvnz] need help installing epgsnoop

[Steve Hodge]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Steve V <olivuts at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks guys,
>
> I am starting to understand.
>
> Just to be clear, I take it that epgsnoop only works if you have a DVB-S
> card (and a satellite dish of course).
>

Yep.


> I don't currently have a satellite card so I need to get my programme guide
> from the net. I'll look into tv_grab_nz.py and xmltvnz.
>
> Is there any advantage to getting the epg from satellite, instead of from
> the net?
>

You're not dependent on your net connection or the site staying up.


> Does  either version include Prime programming (as Prime is not part of
> Freeview)?
>

Sky's listings are not encoded so if you can get those via  DVB-S even if
you don't have a Sky decoder. They include Prime.

Cheers,
Steve
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