James Pattinson wrote: > I think I am 90% there. Thanks for your patience so far! I now have a > file.ts with 20MB data in it. mplayer won't play it though, should it > be able to with no arguments? >> dvbstream -f 11739 -p V -s 27500 -o 2304 2306 > file.ts I'm assuming you're trying to record BBC One from Astra 28E. In which case, you're using the wrong frequency. It should be the following command: dvbstream -c 1 -f 10773 -p h -s 22000 -o 2304 2306 > file.ts See: http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html Dave.