Transmission of satellite signals over ethernet

[PaulBJ]

Hi guy!

I'm sure this must have come up a million times before BUT I can't find an appropriate thread so here goes.

I have a room in an awkward location that needs to be fed with a satellite signal. It is going to be very difficult to cable up so I wondered if there is any method of transmitting the signal from the satellite dish over Ethernet or by some other wireless means.

The physical distance involved is not massive - perhaps 20 metres but laying a cable would be dire!

TIA

Paul BJ

 

[moonbase]

Video sender but there might be constraints if the output from a receiver connected to the dish has HDCP on the output ports?
Alternatively, "Zoom" it from one room and receive it in another room.

 

[rolfw]

Well there used to be the Slingbox, but due to the rise in streaming sources, they have discontinued their product. Twenty metres wirelessly will be an issue and Witbox the Slingbox alternative is a commercial headend product at £2,000 or so, as with most other commercial streaming servers. I guess you could do it with a mulyimedia PC.

 

[SkyWatcher]

Well there used to be the Slingbox, but due to the rise in streaming sources, they have discontinued their product. Twenty metres wirelessly will be an issue and Witbox the Slingbox alternative is a commercial headend product at £2,000 or so, as with most other commercial streaming servers. I guess you could do it with a mulyimedia PC.

There are a few Slingboxes on ebay at the moment including a Slingbox Pro for not much money.

 

[ozumo]

If you just need it for viewing channels there are satellite receivers (for example an original firmware GT Media V9 Prime) that can export an m3u8 file which you can then open on another device or computer and access the channels over the network.

Have a look at Telestar Digibit satellite-to-IP boxes or the E2 Multiroom TV Client-System which uses Enigma 2 satellite receivers. There are also HDMI-to-ethernet extenders but these require a direct connection rather than using an existing network.

 

[orizatriznyak]

Hi guy!

I'm sure this must have come up a million times before BUT I can't find an appropriate thread so here goes.

I have a room in an awkward location that needs to be fed with a satellite signal. It is going to be very difficult to cable up so I wondered if there is any method of transmitting the signal from the satellite dish over Ethernet or by some other wireless means.

The physical distance involved is not massive - perhaps 20 metres but laying a cable would be dire!

TIA

Paul BJ

You can use any Enigma2 based receiver as satip client. It is an IP based virtual tuner protocol:

Sat-IP - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You also need a server for this. It can be a satip hardware (Products - SATIP), another Linux box, or a PC with a DVB tuner, running minisatip:

GitHub - catalinii/minisatip: minisatip is an SATIP server for linux using local DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T or ATSC cards

minisatip is an SATIP server for linux using local DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T or ATSC cards - catalinii/minisatip

github.com

 

[Satspot]

Dish LNB cable to this tuner and you can stream to anywhere you like on your LAN

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TELESTAR-Digibit-Twin-Router-B-Ware/dp/B016XL584C

 

[PaulBJ]

Dish LNB cable to this tuner and you can stream to anywhere you like on your LAN

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TELESTAR-Digibit-Twin-Router-B-Ware/dp/B016XL584C

Does that allow the satellite decoder on the other end to change the channels on the satellite LNB?

 

[orizatriznyak]

Does that allow the satellite decoder on the other end to change the channels on the satellite LNB?

Yes, but it doesn't have to be a satellite decoder. It can be any client that supports the satip protocol.

 

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I use there old Model: Digital Devices Octopus NET Netzwerk Tuner Systeme
In my case I have an Virtual Desktop Envirorment who run a W7 with an Recording Software who can record 4 Channel at the same Time.

 

[FC GD]

I love the satip protocol. I have used it for many many years. I have a couple of satip server devices and I can say that Digital Devices Octopus Net mini ITX is one of the best.

One DD Octopus Net mini (DVBS/S2,DVB-T,DVB-C) is installed in my parents' summer house In Bulgaria. When i am in Sweden at home, It allows me to watch channels from Turksat 42 (turkey and east beam), from Bulgaria Sat and from their DVB-T network. In my apartment here in Sweden I have Sat>IP Elgato Netstream 4Sat v2 and it allows me to watch nordic channels from nordic beam during my summers in Bulgaria. On both ends I have Vu+ receivers as client devices. Easiest in my case was to send data traffic through the Site-to-Site VPN tunnel between Bulgaria and Sweden. But other VPN protocols are OK too. On the local network is just plug and play.