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<blockquote data-quote="natrlhy" data-source="post: 76841" data-attributes="member: 23624"><p>Welcome to the US MediaPortal users club!</p><p></p><p>I'm glad you already have the MediaPortal experience under your belt. This will help in the understanding of the software and setup.</p><p></p><p>The PVR-150 is a well known card for MP support so you should be OK there. </p><p></p><p>Basically you will need to connect an S-Video cable from the DirecTV receiver (AKA set-top box/STB) to your PVR-150 S-Video IN port. This will provide your card the TV signal it needs in order to record the signal coming in.</p><p></p><p>The STB that I got already have (Hughes HTL-HD) has a "Low Speed Data" DB9 port on the back of it that worked with serial channel changing with my TiVo unit. I wanted to retain this excellent way of chaning channels on my STB. So far, chagning the channels was the bigest hurdle I had to overcome in order for MP to be a viable option for me</p><p></p><p>From my experience you have these options regarding channel chaning:</p><p></p><p><strong>1. Channel changing via a serial cable:</strong></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=4025" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=4025</a></p><p></p><p><strong>2. Changing channels via the MyBlaster plugin:</strong></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=10038" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=10038</a></p><p></p><p><strong>3. Channel chaning via an external app:</strong></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=3311" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=3311</a></p><p></p><p>I tried #2 while I was waiting for a fix to #1 but it didn't seem to work for me. #1 is working for me flawlessly now so I couldn't be happier. I looked into #3 but I was using the old MPExTuneCmd Plugin (which is apparently integrated into 0.2.0.0 already). Again #1 was working by the time I tried to start using this method so I didn't fully test it.</p><p></p><p>I am working on a document that will be sort of a "US Users Cheaters Guide to MP" specifically geared towards DirecTV. This is not ready yet and I want to fully understand how to write up the wiki documentation, etc before this is public information.</p><p></p><p>Another <strong>EXCELLENT </strong>plugin that is a <strong>MUST </strong>have for US users is the Zap2it plugin written by bradsjm. This will save you a TON of work creating your TV Channels. Just know that you <strong>can't</strong> autotune an external STB like the DirecTV or Comcase cable receivers. The autotune feature is for OTA or cable feeds that are coming into the home from the wall jack coax cable directly into the PVR card you use.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=8278" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=8278</a></p><p></p><p>These are by far not the only resources available in the forums, just the main ones that got me going.</p><p></p><p>Again, welcome to the land of MP and DirecTV <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="natrlhy, post: 76841, member: 23624"] Welcome to the US MediaPortal users club! I'm glad you already have the MediaPortal experience under your belt. This will help in the understanding of the software and setup. The PVR-150 is a well known card for MP support so you should be OK there. Basically you will need to connect an S-Video cable from the DirecTV receiver (AKA set-top box/STB) to your PVR-150 S-Video IN port. This will provide your card the TV signal it needs in order to record the signal coming in. The STB that I got already have (Hughes HTL-HD) has a "Low Speed Data" DB9 port on the back of it that worked with serial channel changing with my TiVo unit. I wanted to retain this excellent way of chaning channels on my STB. So far, chagning the channels was the bigest hurdle I had to overcome in order for MP to be a viable option for me From my experience you have these options regarding channel chaning: [B]1. Channel changing via a serial cable:[/B] [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=4025[/url] [B]2. Changing channels via the MyBlaster plugin:[/B] [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=10038[/url] [B]3. Channel chaning via an external app:[/B] [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=3311[/url] I tried #2 while I was waiting for a fix to #1 but it didn't seem to work for me. #1 is working for me flawlessly now so I couldn't be happier. I looked into #3 but I was using the old MPExTuneCmd Plugin (which is apparently integrated into 0.2.0.0 already). Again #1 was working by the time I tried to start using this method so I didn't fully test it. I am working on a document that will be sort of a "US Users Cheaters Guide to MP" specifically geared towards DirecTV. This is not ready yet and I want to fully understand how to write up the wiki documentation, etc before this is public information. Another [B]EXCELLENT [/B]plugin that is a [B]MUST [/B]have for US users is the Zap2it plugin written by bradsjm. This will save you a TON of work creating your TV Channels. Just know that you [B]can't[/B] autotune an external STB like the DirecTV or Comcase cable receivers. The autotune feature is for OTA or cable feeds that are coming into the home from the wall jack coax cable directly into the PVR card you use. [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=8278[/url] These are by far not the only resources available in the forums, just the main ones that got me going. Again, welcome to the land of MP and DirecTV :) [/QUOTE]
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