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    Sat Rig: SkyStar2 + MediaPortal

    I am not sure actually. :) I just got it to work by using that setting.
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    Sat Rig: SkyStar2 + MediaPortal

    So I had posted earlier about setting up an FTA sat rig to allow one server machine to point the dish and tune into channels, and allow other client PCs in the home to connect and watch satellite TV. I haven't had the cash to invest in a new USB DVB-S2 tuner yet, so I am working off of my old...
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    Help!

    Thanks Wally! I gave DVBlast a once over and it looks like it handles a lot of what I am looking to do. Not sure if my gigabit switch is multicast capable, but I can figure that out. Linux will be a little slower for me, as I spend most of my time in Windows, but I have built up a Linux...
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    Help!

    I've seen the TBS QBOX around as I've looked for USB solutions. Sounds like it might be a winner. As for streaming, I too thought of VLC, particularly because I can write software (I am a software engineer) that can launch a VLC process with the appropriate parameters (one I know what those...
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    Help!

    Thanks for the welcome ke4test!
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    Help!

    Thanks for the welcome turbosat! One of the major reasons that I am revisiting this is that a while ago we dumped cable tv and went to purely NetFlix, with the bedroom TV as actually a monitor hooked up to a computer. However, that computer is way too far from the sat cabling for it to be the...
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    Help!

    Need Help. Willing to pay if needed! So I know that you all are busy, and that questions from newbies must drive you nuts. To start, I am not a complete newbie. Been playing around with sat stuff for a while, but most of my experience lies years ago. At that time, I had set up a sat rig in...