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Freesat → MythTV would be useful. But with what hardware? (infosec.pub)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/8864206

I bought a Silicondust HD Homerun back before they put their website on Cloudflare. I love the design of having a tuner with a cat5 port, so the tuner can work with laptops and is not dependent on being installed into a PC.

But now that Silicondust is part of Cloudflare, I will no longer buy their products. I do not patronize Cloudflare patrons.

I would love to have a satellite tuner in a separate external box that:

tunes into free-to-air content

has a cat5 connection

is MythTV compatible

Any hardware suggestions other than #Silicondust?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Something like a Telestar Digibit should do what you're after. It's a Sat>IP box that takes dvb-s and dvb-s2 transponders and pushes the transport streams over IP. From memory it's UDP.

They take a bit of configuring, and there are some alternative firmware variants out there too that add more functionality.

I used one of these briefly a few years back and can't remember all the details I'm afraid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the tip! The #Telestar.de website has the same problem I’m boycotting #Silicondust over (Tor-hostility). I appreciate the information nonetheless, as it’s still useful to know my options.