PC as a Sat Receiver

[Shady]

Now we all know that pc sat cards have been around for donkeys years, but some peeps may not be using them to their full potential.
I recently bought a 2nd hand HTPC, the fujitsu scaleo.


i paid ?70, a cheap sat tv card for ?23, i had a wireless k/b and mouse already but i bought a remote control for ?9.99
total spend with p and p ?118
Now i had access to all the sly channels, but obviously, they were encrypted, i had wanted an upgrade to my dm500 andthis seemed ideal, add another tuner for ?23 and i had a vu duo beater..IF I could get the thing to open all chans.
Well good news friends, after many days and nights of messing around and searching, I have succeeded, and to that end have written a guide for any others who may have an old pc lying around and may want to take this route.
My Documents - Windows Live

[Manic01]

My mate dojidave been using hadu for a while, says its good.

[Shady]

aye manic it is, i played around with a prog called dvdblink to link the encrypted channs to mce, but its a pain int he arse tbh

[shamedbear]

This looks really interesting and something i'd like to do. Just a few questions.

What type of Sat card do you recommend?

Do this clear all UK HD Sly channels?

What is the EPG guide like (how userfriendly is it).

and finally is this relatively straightforward to get going or do you need to be a real tech head?

Cheers.

[griff]

hi shadyback i have a pioneer surround sound switching unit would it be possible to turn a htpc into one aswell as the sat ? if so i have some kef eggs speakers how would i use them with surround sound cards?? it would be handy to merge it all in?
been looing for some info online but i cant find anything any help would be great

[Shady]

This looks really interesting and something i'd like to do. Just a few questions.

What type of Sat card do you recommend?

Do this clear all UK HD Sly channels?

What is the EPG guide like (how userfriendly is it).

and finally is this relatively straightforward to get going or do you need to be a real tech head?

Cheers.

the compro dvb-s card
yes it clears all sly
if you can get it to link properly with mce then the epg is the best there is outside of sky
can you slot in pci cards and read? then its a doddle

[Shady]

hi shadyback i have a pioneer surround sound switching unit would it be possible to turn a htpc into one aswell as the sat ? if so i have some kef eggs speakers how would i use them with surround sound cards?? it would be handy to merge it all in?
been looing for some info online but i cant find anything any help would be great

i couldnt tell you mate sorry

[griff]

1 more question shady is the sat side as good as the dreambox and easy to use when set up ?

[satmannwest]

had this setup around 15yrs ago with skystar2 pci card with softcam working to clear channels 1.2 mtr orbital polar mount working through diseqc plugin working with prog dvb
cracking setup.

[Shady]

1 more question shady is the sat side as good as the dreambox and easy to use when set up ?

well in one way its better than 500s purely because this setup is capable of hd.
of course once setup a dreambox is easier to use...

[shamedbear]

Thanks for the info. I'm gonna take the plunge and just purchased this:-

TBS DVB-S2 High Definition Digital Satellite Tuner PCI Express Card HD (DVB-S2/DVB-S) Receiver - PCIE

Cost ?49.99 from Amazon

May be a couple of weeks till i can fit it due to holiday but will feedback when i've had a go.

Cheers

[satmannwest]

sound like a good buy to me you can design a media centre around this card

[shamedbear]

OK just got the card today and currently doing a channel scan. I haven't installed Hadu yet as I have an N line and not a C line. I am using the DVBVIEWER software. Any ideas as to what plugin needs to be used for an N line on this?

Cheers

[shamedbear]

Ok finally got this thing going and what can i say..."who hoo"!

Used acamd plugin via DVBdream and after realising that there was a formatting error in the n-line suddenly bam....all channels open for business. Loving it

[Rizzy00]

Quick question, what is the HD quality like?