[mythtvnz] dvb-s usb

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:31:25 +1200, you wrote:

>On 23/04/16 20:33, Jason Taylor wrote:
>> Anybody know where to find a dvb-s usb tuner?
>
>I think I have 2 external usb dvb-s tuners i'm not using right now which I
>found on trade second hand a while ago.
>
>These units have linux support and the only issue I know about them is that
>they can get quite warm and they are passively cooled.  Locating then
>somewhere with some air flow is important or they will cause problems on
>hit summer days.
>
>One of them was missing a power supply but if I give it to you i'm sure a
>power supply wouldn't be hard to source.
>
>I also have a Hauppauge pci express card that does dvb-t/s/s2/c  and has
>linux support.  These cards are I think more reliable than usb ones.  Only
>downside with this card is I think it may be single tuner so even though
>dvb-t shows as separate to dvb-s only one will work at a time I think.
>Haven't tested this yet though.
>
>For recording freeview sat signal you only need a dvb-s tuner but dvb-s2
>ones should be backwards compatible.  If you somehow manged to record sky
>then a dvb-s tuner is all you need for all channels bar the few duplicated
>hd channels but at some point soon they will be migrating to all dvb-s2.  I
>can't see freeview changing any time soon though.

You probably want a DVB-S2 tuner now for Prime, which is available in
HD from Sky.  I am not sure if it is unencrypted like the other
channels Sky shares with Freeview.  I intend to find out when I have
some spare time to tune it in and find out.