Channel list: Live!

I’ve re-written the script which checks for changes, and as a side-effect have introduced a “live” Freeview channel list

The rewrite was intended to allow monitoring of HD channels, but due to a technical problem that still isn’t working (not sure yet whether it is…

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Jul 4, 2013

Controlling the STBHDIS2010 with Linux

I just completed my first Raspberry Pi hardware project:

(not sure why the thumbnail isn’t showing up there, so you’ll need to click to view)

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Jun 10, 2013

Decoding iTrove

A while back I set about trying to figure out the iTrove filesystem, so I could at least change some configuration files — maybe adjust the Tesco button so it pointed to YouTube’s “big screen” service.

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Apr 28, 2013

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

There have been quite a lot of changes on our website recently (one of them is the introduction of this blog!), so I thought I’d take a moment to summarise them.

All transmitters listed

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Apr 23, 2013

iTrove: The easy way

Further to my previous blog on this topic (restoring Channel Zero/Trove services including BBC iPlayer to the Technika STBHDIS2010), I’ve created a ready installed PiTrove server image for the Raspberry Pi. Thanks to kjhskj75, I also have devised some dead easy instructions that don’t…

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Apr 17, 2013

Run your own iTrove server

I am a fan of the Technika STBHDIS2010. It’s a wonderful piece of kit designed by Electra (now sadly defunct), which runs on the intent OS designed by Tao Group (sadly also defunct). Tesco used to frequently sell refurbs in their eBay outlet at bargain prices, which is how I and…