This is a guide for intergating standard Sky into Mediaportal alongside Freeview. The basis for this guide is to have MediaPortal 1 working with a DVB-S and analog card, and a signal from the Optus D1 satellite. I have used a Hauppauge Nova S and PVR-150 but any MP-compatible cards will work.
The general principle is to use the Scart or UHF output of the Sky box into the analog tuner card, and to use an IR blaster (I am using the Microsoft MCE remote) to change the channels on the Sky box.
Diagram of how components are connected
For Sky probably best to go into
IRSS Configuration
Download and install IRSS
By default all the setting are correct, as per below screenshots
Click here to start service
Open TV Server configuration
Channel Setup
Adding Sky Channel
Do scan of Optus D1 to pick up all Sky channels
Manually add analog channels, setting the channel numbers as they are in Sky
Combining Channels
Re-order and Group
Final Setup
Dealing with widescreen issue
Positioning IR transmitter
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