Recent content by pchappo

Hi all, I've got a few q's if you don't mind - what is the best card reader to get to read a White s$y card on my ubuntu server? - do I need the cccam software loaded on my ubuntu server? Tia

whats the bet they up the monthly fee for multiroom ....

also i wnder which OS would be best - Windows7 or Linux, i think with Win7 i could use the media centre and share recordings with this - can Linux do this?

looks expensive as well :( - more about thinking how i can use the existing equipment - ideally i want to spend around £50 for each reciever (i need 7!), and then look at streaming methods for the dvb-s card - i could even feed the sk dish into my dell box as well because i have a spare port on...

oooh .... never thought of that!!! - can i mix a quattro and a quad onto a multiswitch? - now THAT would be awesome!

hi all, i was wondering if you could take a look at my configuration, and make any suggestions for enhancements or improvements to the setup - also recommendations on satellite boxes would be good! Premise I am currently a sky subscriber, I want to put tv aeriels and satellite recievers...

thanks for the reply - gonna check through the recommendations and i'll resport back my setup once i get it going!

i too am looking for a usb solution to connect to my linux pc - so any suggestions would be helpful

Hi all, i was wondering if anyone could recommend a satellite reciever that i can connect to a computer running ubuntu? i need a USB connection, as im using a micro PC as my satellite signal server :) cheers

BIG thanks to channel hopper!!! All done and dusted and now I have satellite feeds and tv reception all around the house. Can't recommend him any higher! Fantastic job done (and he cleans up aver himself which keeps the gf happy :) Just need to source some sat boxes for hot bird and astra

apologies i meant channel hopper :)

hi cloudchaser I've been away for work and not had a chance to respond. ive got all my satelite bits now. will take a photo at the weekend. so i'll need the dish fitting in replacement of my current sky dish and the new quattro lnb pointing to the sky satellite ... then the existing quad lnb...

Hi all, slightly changed requirements. ..... ive bought a dish (triax 78cm with a wall mount)), a Triax multi-LNB holder and a quattro LNB - ive laid my cables for the room connections (including running a quad-core for the Quattro) and put them into boxes in the rooms ... now im going to...

cheers for the advice - ive ordered a quattro - so should have everyting lined up for next week sometime!

Hi, apologies for the delay in responding, ive now managed to cable all the rooms with twin shotgun cable - ive got one more run to complete, ive also put in a quad-core cable for the satellite. (all cable runs are internal so no messing around outside!!) - there is one normal tv cable that...