From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (1958 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:06:51 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id SAA01315; Sat Nov 11 18:03:08 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA01454 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:04:01 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001111180432.007abb20@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:04:32 -0600 Subject: getting radio shows on satellite Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: Is there some way to get some radio shows on satellite without owning a radio station? I want to get various shows I like that I can't get too well, and my internet connection is too slow. I have a c-band satellite system, and was thinking of getting a receiver that supports this. One I heard of can deal with digital signals, but not sure if it's TV only. It's the major reason I'm thinking of the digital receiver, as hdtv isn't important too much. Is there ways to use linux to switch channels, adjust frequencies and the like? I was thinking of using cron to schedule channel changes for recording and the like. Getting the order of satellites is often difficult as it changes occationally, and the frequency thing is near impossible as counting button presses for a huge frequency increase is impractical. What is it that I need a special IO card or game port connection for? I heard that from some windblows software help file to stop recording at the point where local commercials would normally take over, as I don't need the mystery stuff that is aired after this, probably just production countdowns, or silence, that wastes space.