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stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 13, 2010, 11:17 PM

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PCIe DVB-S/S2 card

It now looks like I will now be needing a DVB-S card to get the
Freeview and Sky EPG, but I am a complete newbie when it comes to
satellite TV stuff, so I could do with some help. I have a Sky dish
connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box. The
installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
card. But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2? All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
seem to also do DVB-S anyway. And will I be able to get both the
Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?

I also have a big problem. My MythTV box only has one slot free, and
that is a PCIe x 1 slot. PCIe support for TV tuner cards in Linux
seems rather rare to date. This (TeVii S470):

http://www.justtech.co.nz/shop/satellite-equipment/tevii-s470-pci-express-satellite-tv-card

is the only PCIe DVB-S/S2 card I can find for sale in New Zealand that
says it is supported in Linux. Is anyone using one of these? Are
there any others that are suitable? The S470 has a remote control
that I do not need (I already have two for this box), so a cheaper
card without one would be good.

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stevehodge at gmail

Mar 14, 2010, 3:57 AM

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Re: PCIe DVB-S/S2 card [In reply to]

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:

> I have a Sky dish
> connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box. The
> installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
> wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
> card. But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
>

Yes.

> Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2? All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
> seem to also do DVB-S anyway. And will I be able to get both the
> Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?
>

DVB-S. The HD channels are DVB-S2 but they're encrypted anyway. You can get
Freeview and Sky EIT data with a single card.

Cheers,
Steve

noel at igrin

Mar 14, 2010, 1:58 PM

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Re: PCIe DVB-S/S2 card [In reply to]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington
> <stephen_agent [at] jsw <mailto:stephen_agent [at] jsw>> wrote:
>
> I have a Sky dish
> connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box. The
> installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
> wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
> card. But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
>
>
> Yes.
>
>
> Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2? All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
> seem to also do DVB-S anyway. And will I be able to get both the
> Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?
>
>
> DVB-S. The HD channels are DVB-S2 but they're encrypted anyway. You
> can get Freeview and Sky EIT data with a single card.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Stephen
Have a look at this twin-tuner card. Runs OK with multirec.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Other-PCI-cards/auction-277227696.htm
Having two tuners on the one card keeps things clean and simple
Noel

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stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 14, 2010, 3:48 PM

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Re: PCIe DVB-S/S2 card [In reply to]

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:57:20 +1300, you wrote:

>On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent [at] jsw> wrote:
>
>> I have a Sky dish
>> connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box. The
>> installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
>> wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
>> card. But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
>>
>
>Yes.
>
>
>> Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2? All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
>> seem to also do DVB-S anyway. And will I be able to get both the
>> Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?
>>
>
>DVB-S. The HD channels are DVB-S2 but they're encrypted anyway. You can get
>Freeview and Sky EIT data with a single card.
>
>Cheers,
>Steve

Thanks, now I know it will work, I am off to order a TeVii S470.

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stephen_agent at jsw

Mar 14, 2010, 3:59 PM

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Re: PCIe DVB-S/S2 card [In reply to]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:51 +1300, you wrote:

>Steve Hodge wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Stephen Worthington
>> <stephen_agent [at] jsw <mailto:stephen_agent [at] jsw>> wrote:
>>
>> I have a Sky dish
>> connected to a Sky decoder (Pace DSR600) next to my MythTV box. The
>> installers wired it for two connections to the dish in case I later
>> wanted a MySky box, so I have a spare connection I can use for a DVB-S
>> card. But will that work with a Sky decoder on the other connector?
>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>> Do I need DVB-S or DVB-S2? All the DVB-S2 cards I have seen so far
>> seem to also do DVB-S anyway. And will I be able to get both the
>> Freeview and Sky EIT data with just one DVB-S/S2 card?
>>
>>
>> DVB-S. The HD channels are DVB-S2 but they're encrypted anyway. You
>> can get Freeview and Sky EIT data with a single card.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Hi Stephen
>Have a look at this twin-tuner card. Runs OK with multirec.
>http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Other-PCI-cards/auction-277227696.htm
>Having two tuners on the one card keeps things clean and simple
>Noel

Looks like it is the same company auctioning that - and they have the
card cheaper on special on their web site! In any case, since I will
not be recording from satellite, I only need one tuner and cost is a
serious consideration, so I am going with the TeVii S470.

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