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What forum section might I look into, to find a -how to- on A) Viewing your Sky box channels through XBMC and B) The best PVR plugin needed for Android XBMC?
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Quick bump; just a yes or no on whether you can route the sky box through XBMC.
More out of convenience than anything, save switching HDMI sources etc.
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You can certainly use a Sky box with NextPVR, with either an analog capture device, or HDPVR/HDPVR2/Colossus device (though may need to strip HDCP if you're using HDMI). You'd typically also need an IR Blaster, so that NextPVR can tell your Sky box to change channels when it needs to.
I can't tell you anything about using XBMC on Android. I've never tried that.
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2013-12-17, 23:23
(This post was last modified: 2013-12-17, 23:24 by Saraya.)
I could provide the computer to put NextPVR on. Though I would need a capture card or?
Sky forums say that "Although you can access your Sky+ HD box's planner via the network port using a Sky+ App. and possibly some 3rd party UPnP applications, all live TV and video playback is currently only accessible using rf out (not suffix W boxes) or any of the video out connectors eg. HDMI."