[mythtv-users] [OT]: Over-the-air satellite and Mythtv?

Marc Nicholas marc at geekythings.com
Sat Nov 13 22:36:51 UTC 2004


Yes, I meant Free-to-Air :-(

*hangs head in shame*


-marc


nate s wrote:

>What do you mean by over the air satellite?  (I mean, all sat signals
>are technically OTA, but OTA is usually used to refer to local
>broadcasts)
>
>Do you mean Free-to-air (FTA?)
>
>If you're talking about a C-band/Ku-band system rather than a directv
>or the like, I can tell you that from what I've read, *many* of the
>free broadcasts are DVB.  Notice I said many, not all.  If you google
>around a bit, you can find out what exactly is being broadcasted in
>what format pretty easily.
>
>-Nate
>
>On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:22:17 -0500, Marc Nicholas <marc at geekythings.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>I've never much been into satellite, but a friend wants me to build him
>>a Mythtv setup for his Over-the-air (OTA) satellite system. Am I right
>>in thinking these systems are DVB-based and I just a DVB interface on
>>the Myth box?
>>
>>I'm also presuming as DVB is essentially MPEG-2, that the processing
>>requirements are minimal assuming the mainboard has hardware MPEG-2
>>playback?
>>
>>Thanks for any insight (and sorry for being a satellite neophyte).
>>
>>-marc
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