Dwellers Tech Musings

Success! sort of... I've finished rebuilding the C app, to read from the HDPVR and offer the data via a simple HTTP interface, and emb...

The HD PVR is a great bit of kit, but it does have one slight drawback.. it's either lazy, or it's easily distracted ;p You request ...

I had a spare USB Hauppauge HD PVR, and a Raspberry Pi.. and had meant to get around to trying this for quite some time. There were even a f...

Its 2012.. and I'm swapping from satellite tv.. to cable tv.. why am I mumbling about this here? because there's a vaguely interesti...

Easy one this.. Press Guide, then Green, and "Hey Presto" you are at your planner. Just use the old Mark One Eyeball to make sense...

After a brief, but entirely planned power outage that lasted for a good few hours, I discovered that the home PCs could no longer 'see...

My current Media PC records from 2 Freesat tuners, 2 Freeview tuners, and an HD Satellite Set Top box via a Hauppauge Colossus. This setup h...