Newbie Question (1 Viewer)

[RICHARDG]

Was wondering if someone can recommend a DVBS card.
I would like Mpeg 2 onboard and I assume to make life easier a loopback so that I can chain another card.

I saw the VisionDTV Satellite TV Tuner+Video PCI Record Card which has a loopback but its software encoding. Since I want to begin testing the TvEgine I thought this card may place a demmand on the cpu expecially if I am running two cards.

Any suggestings would be greatly apprecaited.

Oh lastly it needs to be ntsc if that matters.

Let me know if you can and thanks.

 

[Taipan]

Was wondering if someone can recommend a DVBS card.
I would like Mpeg 2 onboard and I assume to make life easier a loopback so that I can chain another card.

Hi Richard,

You don't need "Mpeg 2 onboard" as DVB-S is already in MPEG2 format and no further encoding is required at the PC end.

I assume by "loopback" that you mean antenna pass-through, so you can connect 2 DVB-S cards to the one antenna cable?


Have a look here to see which DVB-S cards are currently support by MediaPortal.

 

[RICHARDG]

Interesting thanks

Thaks very much for the feedback. I didn't realize that the datastream was in Mpeg 2 (doh). Well this certainly makes life easier. Yes the loopback is for the antenna.

Still, I am curious if the community has had better luck with any particular card. Perhaps they all work the same, not sure. See heres the thing, I am just not as gifted as you folks are when it comes to this technology so I am looking to make my life as easy as possible. lol