"NY" wrote
>I have two dongles: a Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T (what a mouthful!) which is
>DVB-T only, and a PCTV 292e which is DVB-T/DVB-T2. The latter is needed for
>HD channels.
>
>TVHeadend (and Windows Media Centre and NextPVR on Windows) can quite
>happily record from DVB-T2 multiplexes (HD channels). dvbstream can record
>from them as long as TVHeadend has left the 292e tuned to a DVB-T2 mux, but
>seems not to be able to tune the device itself to a T2 mux. I'll investigate
>all the esoteric QAM and guard interval parameters, since I made no attempt
>to alter those from what you used in your command.
>
>
>> Maybe I will buy one of those when DVB-T2 is actually transmitted here.
>
>We're lucky in the UK that everywhere (in theory) gets at least one T2
>multiplex:
>
>- all the main transmitters (I use Bilsdale in North Yorkshire) get the full
>8 (PSB1-3, COM4-8), of which PSB3 and COM7/8 are T2/HD
>
>- some of the bigger relays get PSB1-3 and COM4-6 (ie not COM7/8)
>
>- all the other relays get "Freeview Lite" which is multiplexes PSB1, 2 and
>3 (but none of the COM multiplexes)
>
>So wherever one is in the UK, one should be able to get at least PSB3
>(T2/HD) which includes BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five in HD.
>
>
>
>One day I'll investigate the mysteries of satellite. We are in the process
>of looking for a new house, and depending on where we move to, we may be out
>of range of a main transmitter so we may go for a Sky dish, either taking
>out a full Sky subscription or else at least getting Freesat for the main
>channels.

The Cinergy S2 satellite USB receiver I have works OK with xdipo, also on
DVB-S2.
Use it a lot to record movies.
But it is an older model, and likely not available anymore.
It had its quirks too, blew a transistor once, and I added a big heatsink to it
as my dish motor was a bit too much for it.
I think linuxtv.org has a list of supported USB satellite tuners.


>I use my RPi as a PVR, but I then move recordings onto a Windows PC that I
>use for storing and playing - I either watch in VLC on that PC, or else
>using Plex server and Plex client on a Roku box connected to the TV. So far
>I've not investigated playing or serving directly from the Pi.

Pi is fun, I am using an other one as 4G router, is my internet connection:
 http://panteltje.com/pub/raspi_as_4G_access_point_IMG_6654.JPG
that is a cheap 4G Megafon Huawei stick from ebay.
Canceled my cable subscription, and this works actually better at lower cost.
Anyone wants the scripts ask here.
And I can take the stick in my laptop and have same internet everywhere.
sms works too.

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