[kwlug-disc] Vmedia IPTV & MythTV

[Colin Mackay]

Well, I am still considering it.  At the moment, I have no real TV, aside
from 5 channels of OTA + some free streaming plugins for Kodi.  The $17.95
package from Vmedia isn't bad for price...

I also just realized that the wiki I posted doesn't look like the same box
Vmedia uses as it says Europe / Australia. :p

Should I go through with it, I will let the list know what I managed to
do... or not do. :D


Thanks.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 11:33 PM, B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> >________________________________
> > From: Colin Mackay <zixiekat at gmail.com>
> >To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 7:03 PM
> >Subject: [kwlug-disc] Vmedia IPTV & MythTV
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello folks!
> >
> >
> >I was looking at one of the 'skinny basic' packages from Vmedia and after
> reading a little about IPTV and MythTV was wondering if anyone had managed
> to get MythTV working with Vmedia?
> >
> >
>
> >I haven't yet been able to find any technical information about their
> service, so using MythTV as the IPTV 'tuner' may not work in any way, shape
> of form... but I was wondering if anyone out there had had success, or
> perhaps even looked into it?
>
> I just switched to Bell's FibeTV last month. i.e. With Rogers analogue
> cable tv now dead, did much searching around of the alternatives. Hell must
> indeed have frozen over, for me to be back with Bell.
>
> In the search the impression I came away with of Vmedia is of flakiness.
> It appears that their network (reliability) is 'not there yet.' Made me
> think of Acanac, which I was very happy with, of a few years ago. Growing
> pains.
>
> Ultimately for me it came down to STB out of box experience. None of the
> boxes today, as even my older Panasonic PVR had, have VLC's ability to not
> mute at fast forward, never mind slow motion and frame advance/reverse. Go
> figure, as the boxes are all Linux under the hood. (Except Bell, which I
> believe is Windows.)
>
>
> I'm not real sure you want to MythTV with anything these days - given the
> need for their box to decrypt the incoming signal first. e.g. I'll guess
> you will only be able to capture one show at once, whatever you have
> manually put on screen at the time. Myth won't be able to tune it, merely
> instruct the box to change the channel, at best - but I expect that's what
> you meant.
>
> Do keep us apprised of your experience, I expect many here will be
> interested. And as more services bring more web facilities on board, such
> as remotely instructing the box to record a show, I expect more
> functionality will be possible. (And, as Rogers and Bell STBs talk to
> secondary boxes, unlike Zazeen and Vmedia, there must be an API underneath.
> Proprietary and hidden ... but that's just a matter of time for the
> community to solve, not that they won't solve it.)
>
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