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<blockquote data-quote="schwim" data-source="post: 193412" data-attributes="member: 58539">Hi there everyone,I put a box together that I was going to play around with as a media center.&nbsp; After putting some thought into it, I realized that DirecTV requires all of the channel changing goodness to happen at it's decoder.Before you bash me for not searching the site, I found <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,125/" target="_blank">this plugin</a>(DirecTV Tune), but I have three potential problems with this:1) Even after it's brief description, I don't know what it's supposed to do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Can I handle all parts of the decoder management through the media center?2) It states that it hooks up through a serial port, but my decoder box doesn't have a serial port, just phone jack, rca and s-video jacks.3) It seems to be unmaintained.So, I'm wondering if I'll end up with a media center that is nothing more than a glorified VCR in regards to dealing with DirecTV.I know I can use it for audio, and that makes me smile, but it would be nice do do the same for television.Any success stories/gripes concerning it's use with D-TV would be appreciated.thanks,json</blockquote>

[QUOTE="schwim, post: 193412, member: 58539"] Hi there everyone, I put a box together that I was going to play around with as a media center. After putting some thought into it, I realized that DirecTV requires all of the channel changing goodness to happen at it's decoder. Before you bash me for not searching the site, I found [url=https://www.team-mediaportal.com/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,35/func,fileinfo/id,125/]this plugin[/url](DirecTV Tune), but I have three potential problems with this: 1) Even after it's brief description, I don't know what it's supposed to do :) Can I handle all parts of the decoder management through the media center? 2) It states that it hooks up through a serial port, but my decoder box doesn't have a serial port, just phone jack, rca and s-video jacks. 3) It seems to be unmaintained. So, I'm wondering if I'll end up with a media center that is nothing more than a glorified VCR in regards to dealing with DirecTV. I know I can use it for audio, and that makes me smile, but it would be nice do do the same for television. Any success stories/gripes concerning it's use with D-TV would be appreciated. thanks, json [/QUOTE]

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