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[ILUG] Linux HTPC

[ILUG] Linux HTPC

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Fri Feb 16 11:51:48 GMT 2007


Gavin McCullagh writes:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Pete McEvoy wrote:
> > I know a few people using DVB-C cards with NTL, both in Belfast and
> > Dublin (they use the same cam files I believe, "purentl") 
> > As i understand it, if you want to go down that route, you need to use vdr,
> > nothing else works with softcam...
> 
> Greater detail on this would be extremely cool (what hardware, software).
> I've always wanted to do it, but have never been sure if NTL had some way
> to make it impossible/difficult.

Yeah, I'm curious too -- eventually I'll have to replace my over-the-air
Mythbox setup with something DVB-ish, and I'm already missing being
able to record stuff from Film Four, BBC4 etc.

(In passing: the NTL digital box -- from Pace -- is a piece of crap btw;
my one crashes on a weekly basis.)

--j.



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