2014-08-03, 10:53
I think I know what he is "ranting" about:
SAT>IP is a standard. You just buy a "Server" device, and get all the satellite TV converted to IP signals. All you really need on the other end is a client. TVHeadend is mostly a server, and it's pretty complicated. I used it for a while with Sat Tv.
So, you need the Sat IP server, the TVheadend server and then the XBMC plugin. Of course you can run TvH server and client on one machine, but it's not really practical.
What we need is a plugin, or even better native support for the protocol in XBMC so that we can search for channels and everything right inside XBMC without workarounds or intermediate devices/software.
Sadly, nobody has made that attempt yet.
SAT>IP is a standard. You just buy a "Server" device, and get all the satellite TV converted to IP signals. All you really need on the other end is a client. TVHeadend is mostly a server, and it's pretty complicated. I used it for a while with Sat Tv.
So, you need the Sat IP server, the TVheadend server and then the XBMC plugin. Of course you can run TvH server and client on one machine, but it's not really practical.
What we need is a plugin, or even better native support for the protocol in XBMC so that we can search for channels and everything right inside XBMC without workarounds or intermediate devices/software.
Sadly, nobody has made that attempt yet.