[ILUG] Proxy for Sky TV

[Conor Wynne]

Frank Murphy wrote:
> On 29/07/09 15:15, Michael Connors wrote:
>> 2009/7/29 Timothy Murphy<gayleard at eircom.net>
>>
>>> I have a Sky box, and recently re-registered with skyplayer.com
>>> which said I would be able to see TV on line.
>>> However, after some exploration I learned that
>>> this is only available to UK subscribers.
>
> <snip>
>
>> And then if he is running Linux, have him install Squid from the package
>> manager and configure it to accept requests from any machine on the VPN.
>>
>> Michael
>
> Think skyplayer is Shiverlight required
>
That's right, unless it has changed since I had SKY.
Now I have a FreeSAT box (kinda linux hippie as is free) and the quality
is outstanding.

Vastly superiour to the SKY in terms of picture quality (Humax PVR box).
(BBC HD is amazing, and just realised that the movies on ITV are also in
HD. Not tried the footie yet as only realised this the other day)

You could install a windows VM, and use that for Silverlight.
Naturally a 64bit with VT or AMD-V will be required for full
virtualisation. I see no reason why that wouldn't work.

Regards
Conor.