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Best USB DTT Stick that'll work with Irish DTT [MPEG4]...

  • 18-02-2009 12:33pm
    #1
    zaphodbeeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 376 ✭✭


    ..I've seen folks on here mention the AverMedia USB stick so went looking for that but it seems there's a few different versions of it.

    So what USB receiver to buy? Which is best and [ideally] supports MPEG4 out of the box?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    CHW
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭CHW


    AFAIK, they'll all work here, as it's the software that does the decoding. There are probably only a handful of chipsets, but lots of different "brands", but as long as the drivers are BDA compatible, then anything really should be grand. Cheap ones for a tenner on eBay should be fine with the right software.

    You may need to fork out extra for a H.264 decoder though - I did, and don't regret it. I use CoreAVC and Alt-DVB with a WandTV USB device from dealextreme and it works brilliantly.

    As for the PC running it, nothing less than a P4, 2GHz, 1GB with USB2.0 would be recommended.


  • #3
    ixtlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭ixtlan


    I have an old (1 year) Avermedia stick, the volar+FM.

    It displays DTT TV fine but it does not play back it's recordings so well. Likely this is a codec issue.

    If I was buying now, I guess I would get something cheaper.


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