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PVR that works with sky digital

  • 05-02-2005 10:49pm
    #1
    IrishMike
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,698 ✭✭✭


    I know of sky plus obviously but i want a pvr that i can transfer whats on the pvr to my pc. sky plus doesnt have that from the research i did. all you can do is connect a dvd recorder 2 it and record in real time which is no good to me
    i would want a pvr with a firewire or usb connection on it
    any ideas ?


Comments

  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Only Sky+ can record the Pay TV channels.

    Even if you *ONLY* use Sky+ for FTA recording you need to pay "recording rental"

    You can only do analog capture to PC from Sky+.

    For FTA channels on Sky, (BBC, Performance, Horror, Reality, S4C, ITV3 etc), you can use a non-Sky satelite PVR. Many non-Sky PVR will have Firewire/IEEE1394, USB, ethernet etc. Some nokia receivers can connect to PC via SCSI. None will take Sky card, even those that take any other Providers card.

    It is a shame.

    OR... From 60 Euro connect PC direct to dish/LNB with Direct Satellite card. Mine has built in MPEG2 decoder, TV out etc so is more like 200 Euro than 60. Direct to disk recording. Use a Dual or Quad LNB.

    Use PVAStrumento to "fix" audio sync, bit rate and dropped frames prior to DVD authoring. Note some DVB transmissions are not DVD resolution compliant. PC DVD player SW will play simple mpeg2 files written to DVD of any DVB resolution (these are data DVDs, not Video DVDs).


  • #3
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    hmm, funny you should mention fixing audio sync, because when I authored an MPEG, the sync was out (using TMGPEnc). I also had warnings regarding my resolution too. Does PVAStrumento fix resolution too?

    Anyway, back on topic :)

    Not much else to say, watty has it all more or less summed up. AFAIK, Echostar has a very good non-Sky PVR. Dreambox is another possibility.


  • #4
    Zaphod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Zaphod


    The best you could probably manage is something like a Phantom PVR in conjunction with a HD/HD-DVD-R recorder if you want to record Sky channels. But that involves going from digital -> analog -> digital, so there will be a loss in picture quality and minus the integration of the Sky+ route.

    http://www.bluedelta.co.uk/phantom_pvr.htm
    http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LIT-HDDVDR


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    byte wrote:
    hmm, funny you should mention fixing audio sync, because when I authored an MPEG, the sync was out (using TMGPEnc). I also had warnings regarding my resolution too. Does PVAStrumento fix resolution too?
    .

    No PVAStrumento just fixes errors. Or converts PVA to PS, or demuxes / muxs A/V.

    DVD can only be certiain resolutions. MPEG files made with TMPGEnc will generally be whatever resolution they are, thought it can change.

    For changing resolution, letterboxing (or unletterboxing to animorphic), noise reduction, etc etc use Virtual Dub.

    Recommended App usage:
    1) iuVCR for Analog capture control up to full PAL (works all decent capture cards /tuners). Use Huffy or MJPEG codecs, or use a Digial Camera as Analog Video to DV bridge (better).

    2) iuVCR as transport / file controler for iLink/IEEE1394/Firewire DV transport (only use DV "codec") from Digital Camera

    3) www.Technotrend.de for "Budget" or "HighEnd" (Skystar2 / SkyStar1) Direct from Satellite recording at 695MByte "chunks". Other programs may be more usefull for Streaming on LAN, or "SoftCam" but not as good / reliable.

    4) PVAStrumento to calculate "real" bitrate, fix dropped data etc on Satellite files, audio sync etc.

    5) Virtual Dub to fix field order, audio sync etc on Analog capture BEFORE MPEG encoding.

    6) TMGPENC MPEG encoder for VCD (MPEG1), SVCD/DVD (MPEG2). Source *MUST* be a compatible resolution. SVCD at 4:3 can equal DVD at 16:9 ! DVD can't be 480 x 576. PAL SVCD is 480 x 576.

    TMP DVD Author to make a Video DVD to play on any DVD player. PCs, Mac, Linux and some DVD players will play *ANY* resolution of MPEG(1, 2, 4) file copied onto a DVD, but this is *NOT* a video DVD.

    Sonic MyDVD and similar is a basic thing for DV camera source. It staggering insists on re-encoding valid MPEG2 files! Poor even for DV compared with pair of TMPG products.


  • #6
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Thanks for your indepth reply watty.

    Much appreciated. :)


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