[TriLUG] anyone want a freevo system?

[Corey Mutter]

Why not set up an infrared transmitter using LIRC and have that change the
channels on the DirecTV box?

That's my plan for my MythTV... right now it gets input directly from the
cable, but as soon as I can get the LIRC interface working (homebrew 
electronics, my skills in that area have atrophied) I'll have it change
channels on my TWC digital cable box (so I can get the digital channels, 
and stereo sound instead of the mono from my WinTV card). 

Corey

On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:15:48AM -0400, Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> Well,
> 
> 
>    I don't have DirectTV, I have cable, but would be interested in working
> on a group effort to get a freevo system installed, configured, and
> running well.
> 
> 
>   Kevin
> 
> 
> > I am in need of a Personal Video Recording system.  I like the
> > Linux-based Freevo system as it appears to do most of what I would like
> > to have in a system.  Only one problem  - I have Direct-TV satellite
> > and not standard cable.  From the looks of it Freevo is more or less a
> > cable-only thing.  I've checked around with some other roll-your-own
> > PVRs from Myth TV and the "Dave Dina Project" but nothing matches the
> > hardware I have at the house - but Freevo is the closest (except for
> > that DirectTV thing).
> >
> > So, people, the question is does anyone else on the list want a Freevo
> > system that also has DirectTV?  It would be nice to collaborate with
> > someone on this project instead of having to worry about modifying the
> > entire system myself (given that I'll probably have to learn python at
> > the very least just to get started).
> >
> > To throw yet another monkey-wrench into the system I'd also like the
> > modded Freevo to be able to record radio shows as well - mostly This
> > American Life and other NPR stuff.  I'd like to rip those shows to MP3
> > (yes, yes, I know) so I can play them back via my iPod.  But that's
> > really a gravy-train kinda feature.
> >
> > The good news is Mark Turner has already forwarded me some links on how
> > to change channels on the DirectTV system via the serial port using
> > Perl, so at least that small part is one.
> >
> > Is anyone else interested in setting up a group effort/hack on this
> > project?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > Some links:
> >
> > http://freevo.sourceforge.net			- Freevo's main page
> > http://www.mythtv.org				- Myth TV
> > http://davedina.apestaart.org/content/ 	- The Dave Dina Project
> >
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