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DM500 dreambox

Dreambox is a satelite receiver that runs on a linux OS. This makes it a perfect toy to do fun stuff with it. One of the things I use it for is watching TV, but not only on my TV in the living room but on every network connected device that has VLC installed. Or even a mobile phone for example. I can change channels and the quality of the stream remotely so that I have a stream that best fits the device I am using at that moment. (more…)

XMLTV is an XML based format for TV listings that is used by many software packages to provide you with TV schedules for watching and recording TV shows. Some examples of programs that can use XMLTV listings are MythTV, MV enigma dreambox plugin, etc

Some months ago I discovered that the perl module named tv_grab_be which is part of the XMLTV software suite,  was no longer working. The site also indicates that the module is  “removed due to source site blocking ” So I start looking for another way to receive my TV listings. What I found was a much better and quicker tool. mc2xml is a tool to do the same but offers more powerful options like provider selection, channel selection, logo downloads etc … Even the Belgium TV Vlaanderen satelite provider is selectable from the list of providers and this perfectly what I needed.

If you are a mythtv user, this is a must have tool in my opinion.

If you have an high speed internet connection and like to watch a movie on your PC or other network enabled device you may be interested in the website www.thepiratecity.org They offer hundreds of real time movie streams  all for free.
Check it out.

I am the proud owner of a G1 Android OS google phone. When my phone arrived last week it was loaded with a rather old version of the OS. After reading some articles on the net I found out that there are two ways of updating your phone. (more…)

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