[ubuntu-mythtv] Oh, Canada. Sigh.

[Vincent Coen]

Hi;

On 04/05/14 20:10, Mike Church wrote:
>
> With the digitalization of Canada's TV offerings, and the lack of 
> unencrypted QAM (I have a tuner card but it only works on the HD 
> antenna I have), I am wondering:
>
With the switch from analogue to digital over air in the UK, I was able 
to continue to use a Hauppauge Nova T-500 card with twin tuners 
connected via antenna. There are various channels that are subscription 
only both encoded and include data streams. I have no use of them as the 
content is to my mind a waste of space.

However if It was needed obtaining a decryption card for the box or 
using decryption software should be be a real problem but I have more 
than enough channels without it.

With a two tuner card that gives me at least four recordable 
simultaneous programmes to record as needed. I have not tried to record 
more as the CPU I use is only a AMD 5000 with 4 Gb Ram and it is a rare 
occurrence that it would be needed.

At some point we will move home and hopefully to a cable area which in 
that case I will get a twin tuner card and continue doing the same.

Programs are also obtained via the internet where needed from a wide 
range of TV stations etc.

V.

>
> 1) How do people now use mythtv?
>
> Do you use firewire off the set-top box?  I tried it on a friend's 
> machine with poor, unreliable (massively flakey) results, but that was 
> a while ago.
>
> Do you use PVR-150s or HVR-1600 cards plugged straight into the 
> signal?  This is my setup now, and though I get two tuners, it is low 
> Q and I fear will disappear.
>
> Do you use it for all other media and just download your TV off 
> bittorrent?
>
> What is the de-facto setup nowadays?

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