Re: [LUG] satellite cards

[Phil Vossler <P.J.Vossler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Robert wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm in the process of buying a Skystar 2 card. This connects a pc up 
> to an LNB on a satellite dish and lets one watch the free to air TV 
> channels (terrestrial reception don't work here). I know less than 
> nothing about this stuff and was wondering if there is anyone out 
> there who has set one of these things up under linux?
>
> Looking at various websites it appears that any media player which 
> plays DVB, like xine/kaffeine should be able to decode and play the 
> output. Is this correct? Do I need any additional drivers? Are there any?
>
> Any info/hints/wild guesses happily received.
>
>
> Thanks
>    Simon


The "Video Disk Recorder" project is based on DVB hardware. You may find 
some useful info at it's web site!

"http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr/";

(BTW: Cadsoft produce the "eagle" electronics design system for linux 
&windows....a nice too for us hardware  chaps)

regards

Phil Vossler

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