Well, I have a satellite PCI card in the main server, but of course the bandwith required for a full 720x576 screen over DSL at 25 fps is so that it will never do to send it to the eeePC anywhere...
So I modified some old scripts. First this goes on eeePC (I have called the script 'listen', it listens on port
1234: netcat -l p 1234 | mplayer -cache 1000 -
Use ctr alt T, xterm, start ./listen
Now, in a second xterm, ssh -Y IP to the main PC, and run this script on the main PC (the one with the sat card), called 'itv4' for simplicity:
# set motorised dish (if you have one) to point to the right satellite: /usr/local/bin/xdipo -c 1 -g '22.0 E'
# select the channel with the 'football' frequency=10758 polarity=v symbolrate=22000 vpid=2342 apid=2343
# show user what is happening echo "/usr/local/bin/dvbstream -f $frequency -p $polarity -s $symbolrate -o $vpid $apid -ps | /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -f mpeg -i - -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b
200 -g 30 -bf 2 -acodec mp2 -ab 64 -s 352x288 -y a1.avi"
# start recording as low bitrate avi, resize. /usr/local/bin/dvbstream \\
-f $frequency \\
-p $polarity \\
-s $symbolrate \\
-o $vpid $apid \\
-ps \\ | \\ /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg \\
-f mpeg \\
-i - \\
-f avi \\
-vcodec mpeg4 \\
-b 200 \\
-g 30 \\
-bf 2 \\
-acodec mp2 \\
-ab 64 \\
-s 352x288 \\
-y a1.avi
# make sure nothing stays running if we stop. killall -KILL dvbstream exit 0
What this does, is create a low bitrate avi of about 264 kbp/s, use other values for a different DSL speed.
Find your own IP address of the eeePC where you are, for example by surfing to (remove spaces)\\ http://www. lawrencegoetz. com/programs/ipinfo/ Now open a third xterm, ssh -Y to the main PC, and type: ipaddress=???.???.???.???
cat a1.avi \\ | \\ /bin/netcat \\
-w 100 \\ $ipaddress \\
1234
Now, after cache fill, ITV4 will pop up on the eeePC, press 'f' for full screen.
That last script I have called 'talk'.
The file is saved on the main as avi too, so you could download it, or view it later, and / or timeshift (remember 'dd -skip' :-) ).
It works for other movies with sufficiently low bitrate too, like my old DivX ones. And it should work for DVB-T terestial if you have such a box (dvbstream supports it).
I need to make a script to select other stations too. dvbstream and xdipo are free GPL on the internet.