Danish Channel DR HD TV-card? (1 Viewer)

[sbp]

Hi

I have been using MP for years for recording analog signals (via a PVR150), but now I need a digital TV-card. I know that most cards can be used for TV2 DR1 and DR2, but I would also like to see and record DR HD.
It is a bit confusing for me, but it seems like this channel will be send in another format (MPEG4?) - so my question is, which TV-card do I need in order to be able to see all these new danish digital channels.

Also I would like to record one channel and record another channel.

Thanks for your advise

 

[Aduck]

That depends on where you get the signal from. My guess is that you either get ít from the air (DVB-T) or cable (DVB-C).
I use DVB-C and found a used FireDTV-tuner card.

The Mpeg4-part of it is a software issue. So just buy a good tuner and a good Mpeg-4/H.264 codec. I use CoreAVC. It costs around 75 DKK.

And the last question: You need a tuner for each channel you wan't to see/record concurrent.

-Anders

 

[pilehave]

If you get it by air (DVB-T) then MPEG-4/HD is also a matter of software.

If the channels are watching/recording are on the same MUX, you can record and watch all the channels you want. If you go across MUX'es (you want to watch a channel on MUX1 and record one on MUX2) you need at least two tuners.

 

[Aduck]

pilehave
The last part about MUX and tuners, does this require special knowledge/software to take advantage of it, or is it natively supported by MP?

-Anders

 

[pilehave]

MP handles all this by itself, and will alert you with messages like "no free tuner available" and other stuff

I would advice you to get at least one dual-tuner card, as you will most likely go across MUX'es in the future (if you use DVB-T):

(danish text below):

* De frie kanaler ligger på frekvens-sæt #1 og #2, kaldet MUX1 og MUX2.
* Boxer kanalerne ligger på MUX3, MUX4 og MUX5.

MUX1 vil per 1/11 indeholde DR1, DR2, TV 2, TV 2 Regioner Xtra, Tegnsprog og lokal-tv. MUX2 vil indeholde DR Ramasjang, DR K, DR HD, Folketingskanalen og DR Update (som flytter fra MUX1).

MUX1 sender i MPEG-2, indtil år 2012, mens MUX2 sender i MPEG-4 hvor der behøves en Boxer godkendt tuner eller digital modtager-boks (eller tilsvarende) for at se med.

 

[Aduck]

Sorry for the danish, but this is only relevant for danish users.

Jeg bruger som sagt DVB-C (YouSee), men de kører vel også med MUX på kablerne?
Men synes da altid at der bliver optaget på mine analoge tunere hvis den digitale er optaget.

 

[Styker]

I use YouSee cable provider , grundpakken, and FireDTV DVB-C, but as I scanned for new channels, MP found DR K and DR Ramasjang, but not DR HD.

Any ideas why, or does anybody have the channel data i I want to enter manually?
(Frequency,NetworkID, TransportID, ServiceID PmtID)

I don't think I've changed the default setting for H.264 Codec. It's 'MainConcept AVC H.264'. Do I need to change/buy anything?

 

[Aduck]

Styker:
When scanning try using the "Global" or "Europe" profile as country and provider "Symbolrate6875". That did the trick for me.

-Anders

 

[mackey]

I use YouSee cable provider , grundpakken, and FireDTV DVB-C, but as I scanned for new channels, MP found DR K and DR Ramasjang, but not DR HD.

Any ideas why, or does anybody have the channel data i I want to enter manually?
(Frequency,NetworkID, TransportID, ServiceID PmtID)

I also have YouSee cable and FireDTV-C and had a similar problem after performing a complete search. I found all channels except DR-HD. Another user living near me (I live in Odense, he in Nyborg) notified me that the frequency for DR-HD was located at 442000 along with a couple of Canal+ channels. I did a search for only this frequency and DR-HD was found. I'm not sure DR-HD is located the same place in your district, but I believe that the cause is the same.

 

[Styker]

Mackey and Aduck
I added 442000 frequency to the TDC profile, and then it found DR HD.