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<blockquote data-quote="funkstar" data-source="post: 95192" data-attributes="member: 14311">There are two ways of getting Sky on a mediaportal PC.&nbsp; The most common way is to connect it using analogue and control the set top box with IR blasters (or something similar). I *think* there is a way to pull the EPG off the internet.The other and more expensive way is to get a supported DVB-S card, like the Twinhan or FloppyDTV, along with a DragonCAM and actually use MediaPortal instead of your Sky set top box.There is no garantees the later method will continue to work. Sky could easily change their encription mechanism and lock you out. I think you also have to put the card back in your Sky box every now and then to remind they sky system you are still there. Also i'm not actually 100% sure MediaPortal will get the EPG off sky this way either. I assume Sky are using a standard methos of broadcasting the EPG over DVB-S, but this is Sky, so you never know what they are doing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="funkstar, post: 95192, member: 14311"] There are two ways of getting Sky on a mediaportal PC. The most common way is to connect it using analogue and control the set top box with IR blasters (or something similar). I *think* there is a way to pull the EPG off the internet. The other and more expensive way is to get a supported DVB-S card, like the Twinhan or FloppyDTV, along with a DragonCAM and actually use MediaPortal instead of your Sky set top box. There is no garantees the later method will continue to work. Sky could easily change their encription mechanism and lock you out. I think you also have to put the card back in your Sky box every now and then to remind they sky system you are still there. Also i'm not actually 100% sure MediaPortal will get the EPG off sky this way either. I assume Sky are using a standard methos of broadcasting the EPG over DVB-S, but this is Sky, so you never know what they are doing. [/QUOTE]

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