This is part 3 of the MythTV freesat howto, following on from Part 1 and Part 2 posted earlier on this blog.
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MythTV Frontend on Windows
If you want to run MythTV frontend (watch live TV and recordings) on a windows PC on your home network and already have a MythTV backend installed (see my howto for setting up a MythTV system) then Davco has a windows installer for you!
ITV HD on MythTV DVB-S / Freesat
ITV HD aka High Definition is available on DVB-S on Freesat. MythTV can receive this programming, but requires some simple modification. I recommend you use my channel plan for the numbers to match.
Linux Mythtv PVR Freesat channel plan
If you run a MythTV Freesat box, this SQL will update your channel plan to resemble a freesat set top box channel plan. Some channels are not on Freesat EPG so for those channels I have picked channel numbers which most resemble the Freesat channel categories and also are numbers that I don’t anticipate Freesat using any time soon. This plan also removes various test channels, customer channels and other clutter.
Freesat HD Mythtv 0.22 Linux PVR with Ubuntu Howto – Part 2
This article is a follow on from Part 1, where I guide you through some of the features of this DVBs/DVB-S MythTV DVR/PVR system and the software installation. In this part, I guide you through the setup of the MythTV software and getting it working with your DVB card.
Keeping your Ubuntu clock synchronised via DVB
If you have a DVB card in your system, an alternative to the NTP protocol is to use the time signal delivered over the DVB signal. If you have a Linux PVR set up, then I strongly advise using the DVB time signal instead of NTP to ensure you are synchronised with your DTV providers time, to help ensure you dont drop any bits at the beginning or end of the recording. These DVB time signals are usually synchronised with an atomic clock (depending on DTV provider) so are highly accurate.
Freesat HD Mythtv 0.22 Linux PVR with Ubuntu Howto – Part 1
What’s all this then?
In the UK (and many places throughout the world) there are digital TV platforms available via satellite (or sometimes Terrestrial transmitters) which allow you to receive their programming with no subscription using standard DVBs/DVB-S (or DVB-T) equipment. Many set top boxes that can access these platforms are ‘closed’ and do not offer much in the way of choice, add-ons or upgrades not to mention the fact many have no High Definition capability. This is a guide to how to turn your linux box into a fully fledged HD digital TV reception platform with recording, pausing, rewinding of live TV as well as many other features such as commercial break removal, access to interactive content and electronic program guide (EPG). You can watch TV (live or recorded) from any networked PC in your house, as well as run a web interface to allow you to schedule, view, watch and delete recordings from any PC in your house (or to the web if you have the bandwidth and a way to forward your web server IP to the public internet). While this guide is based around the UK Freesat platform, using a different tuner card (such as a DVB-T card instead of DVB-S) it can easily be adapted to Terrestrial broadcasting.
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