getting radio shows on satellite

getting radio shows on satellite

[Brent Harding]

				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.

Re: getting radio shows on satellite

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

OK, this is a little out of the linux topic, but yeah satellites carry
radio as well as TV, and in the US in particular, there's still quite a bit
of analogue still being used (last I checked).  I don't know about any
controller software for linux (it might well exist), but I think the
software you can use will depend on what receiver you have.  I haven't had
much experience of these things (though I've read a lot), so I don't know
how powerful these programs can be.

There's a whole stack of stuff on the net about satellites and such.  I
learned all I know from the net. Would like a dish to pay with, shame about
the expense.

Geoff.


-- 
Geoff Shang <gshang10@scu.edu.au>
ICQ number 43634701

Re: getting radio shows on satellite

[Brent Harding]

Wow, had one for quite a few years, as I live too far out of town for
cable, so we got that back then. I know the small dss ones don't get radio
to my knowledge. Even shows like Kim Komando, Nettalklive, Computalk, and
others are still analog? It's the way they designate the channels that
don't match with how the receiver I have does it for TV programs.
At 04:54 PM 11/12/00 +1100, you wrote:
>Hi:
>
>OK, this is a little out of the linux topic, but yeah satellites carry
>radio as well as TV, and in the US in particular, there's still quite a bit
>of analogue still being used (last I checked).  I don't know about any
>controller software for linux (it might well exist), but I think the
>software you can use will depend on what receiver you have.  I haven't had
>much experience of these things (though I've read a lot), so I don't know
>how powerful these programs can be.
>
>There's a whole stack of stuff on the net about satellites and such.  I
>learned all I know from the net. Would like a dish to pay with, shame about
>the expense.
>
>Geoff.
>
>
>-- 
>Geoff Shang <gshang10@scu.edu.au>
>ICQ number 43634701
>
>
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