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| 654980 | 2008-04-01 09:07:00 | Does anyone know if any PCI cards are on the NZ market that are certified to receive the unique MPEG4 NZ digital terrestrial TV signal?? There are plenty of terrestrial MPEG2 cards but these would appear not suitable.:thumbs: |
muzza (7316) | ||
| 654981 | 2008-04-01 09:18:00 | Not sure - I have yet to see one. I've just ordered a USB one though :D. It should arrive tomorrow, so I'll let you know how I get on. If I forget, bug me about it. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 654982 | 2008-04-01 09:31:00 | Pretty sure any DVB-T card will work as they just capture the stream as is. You just need to have the right software/codecs on your machine to be able to watch/record the stream. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 654983 | 2008-04-01 11:25:00 | Pretty sure any DVB-T card will work as they just capture the stream as is. You just need to have the right software/codecs on your machine to be able to watch/record the stream. Agreed, as long as the card is not doing hardware decoding/converting it should work (my Leadtek DTV2000-H card works beautifully with Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra (comes with the H.264/AVC video, and AAC audio codecs you need to run with your chosen DVB viewer program) and DVBviewer Pro): quite a lot of relevant info here. (www.geekzone.co.nz) You'll need a fastish machine (C2D), and a quick video card (Nvidia 7000 or 8000 (or similar in ATI) series, in PCI-E form) also. (N.B. Software supplied with my card would not work with Freeview system (designed for Mpeg 2 video and AC3 sound or less), but get it working on the analogue system first (if it does both), this will ensure the card drivers work). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 654984 | 2008-04-01 11:43:00 | There may be updated software sometime, from the card maker, but dont hold your breath! :rolleyes: | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 654985 | 2008-04-01 22:55:00 | I was looking at the PVR900 USB card... just not entirely sure if it'll run on an XP 2.4Ghz Celeron w/768MB Ram & a 256MB nVidia 6200... Would love to start watching Boston Legal in HD, noticed the lil logo last night in the corner while watching it :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 654986 | 2008-04-01 23:42:00 | As mentioned, you need support in the software. I'm using a USB Hauppage along with DVBViewer and it can see the signal. I've had problems with it over the weekend but I'm prepared to give it another go now that the network is "officially live". | Nermal (7077) | ||
| 654987 | 2008-04-02 04:34:00 | If you're thinking of a PCI-E card, here is a dual DVB-T/ dual analogue & FM on a single low profile card. I'm looking at getting this after it was shown to me by mcraenz. Here is the review: www.xpmediacentre.com.au And here is one site that has a pretty good detail of the card: www.computerlounge.co.nz |
gkar (5215) | ||
| 654988 | 2008-04-02 06:07:00 | Does anyone know if that card actually works with the NZ version of DVB-T? From what I can see it does "hardware MPEG-2 encoding" and as I understand things, to get NZ DVB-T we need "software" encoding and MPEG 4 (H.264) support. It would be a great card if it actually works... |
mattv (11815) | ||
| 654989 | 2008-04-02 06:53:00 | I was looking at the PVR900 USB card... just not entirely sure if it'll run on an XP 2.4Ghz Celeron w/768MB Ram & a 256MB nVidia 6200... Would love to start watching Boston Legal in HD, noticed the lil logo last night in the corner while watching it :) Yeah, I saw the logo too! Can't wait to get a new HD-Ready LCD and Freeview or something like that! |
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