[07:50] morning boys and girls. [08:59] o/ [09:01] o/ [09:06] plans for today. walk to local market and have a rummage... avoid rain if possible [09:06] it's ireland, it won't be :-) [09:28] :) [20:16] only just discovered that Channel 4 HD has disappeared from freesat, sheesh [20:16] apparently they don't want to pay the rates [20:20] yeah, sucky [20:22] the question is if you can still tune them directly by knowing the service id or if their bskyb variants are encrypted [20:23] hrmm [20:23] it'll require faffing about though if it is still tunable [20:24] indeed [20:25] my ~2014 model samsung upstairs can be set to 'satellite' instead of 'freesat' and get all the channels that are unencrypted on sky, like you say - made me laugh [20:25] there's no guide data though so they all get jumbled up in a nasty order [20:25] yeah. there's no hand-holding when you use a raw dvb-s mode [20:25] thats because of the way freesat is licensed [20:26] ages back I got a dbv-s2 card for my pc. still haven't managed/bothered to get it set up properly because it's confusing me [20:26] *nod* there are all kinds of ways of dumping the data to a flash drive then juggling it around but - i don't even use broadcast, i just tuned it in because i had the fun of laying and terminating fresh coax for the services in my place whilst i had access to the scaffolding [20:27] diddledan: i've been tempted to play with a card in a PC for a backend to share out over the network to Kodi instances... but again, broadcast TV :D [20:27] you can get those HDhomerun devices that pop freeview straight onto the network, too [20:28] :-) apart from the requirement for Flash for some of them, it's easier to use the catchup services for bbc, itv and channel4 [20:28] although I suppose the islands are blocked from those [20:29] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silicondust-HDHR5-2DT-HDHomeRun-CONNECT-Tuner/dp/B07BFNRGN9/ [20:29] send a drone to the mainland with a high def camera and watch someones tv there from home... :-P [20:29] nah they're open afaik, but there's that login rubbish now for the BBC yeah? [20:29] I've got an earlier model of those [20:29] yup. gotta login to allow them "to tailor the service to you" [20:30] :D [20:30] it's a trap! [20:30] you don't get many channels down here on freeview as the channels don't want to pay to cater for the Channel Islands [20:31] i wonder if it's the same for the Scilly isles, been a while since i was in touch with some lads from down there [20:31] https://media.giphy.com/media/srTYyZ1BjBtGU/giphy.gif [20:31] I decided not to use Admiral thingy from Start Warts [20:32] cunning, i don't even recognise that one [20:32] mad max i think [20:32] mad max's furry road [20:32] ah still never seen [20:32] well look at the conditions... no way to shave that road... [20:33] hmm the HDHomerun would actually be a quite nice solution for my client, piping them TV down to Spain [20:33] not sure which client devices would be appropriate though [20:33] ideal if their TVs could tune in of course :> [20:34] actually given the VPN is already in place to his London pad, any of the TV based apps would likely do it direct [20:35] ooh there's a FireTV app allegedly? [20:36] oh Plex too, that might be on some smart TVs [20:37] plex'll record, too [20:37] in fact that's it's primary raison d'etre [20:42] almost wouldn't mind picking up one of the dual tuner models to have a play, just found the amazon app store app for the hdhomerun [20:42] clients don't have a FireTV down in Spain, mind [20:46] i think they're going to end up happy with just amazon prime and iplayer working over it [20:48] pffft, they'll get a betamax player and like it! :-P [20:49] :D [20:49] will silence any hipsters who visit... :-D [20:49] imagine the fun of combing the south of Spain trying to find betamax tapes with the added complications of the language barrier [20:50] oh i dunno if i mentioned i used the google translate android app to translate their ISP's letter the other day, that was fun [20:51] you'd put a rasp pi inside the betamax altering the outputted signal to overlay subtitles in the language you choose :-P [21:30] with a clever script to detect the 9 o'clock news and pause the subs [21:34] or flip the channel when keywords are mentioned... +++brexit+++ ::flip:: [23:27] drop and give him 20... :-( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Lee_Ermey [23:28] holy moly