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USB Saorview receiver ($7.40 delivered)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    Dazza wrote: »
    Anyone know where I can get one of theses? An external aerial would he necessary too .thanks

    The buyincoins.com link on page 1 of this forum where I got mine seems to be down but if you google 'DVB-T USB TV Dongle', I'm sure you'll find one elsewhere or one just like it. I think there are a few more links throughout this thread too. There are also some links back along these pages to co-ax adapters for plugging in regular TV aerials too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Dazza wrote: »
    Anyone know where I can get one of theses? An external aerial would he necessary too .thanks

    http://www4.buyincoins.com/new_en/details/digital-tv-hdtv-dvb-t-usb-stick-dongle-tuner-recorder-receiver-product-70.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Dazza




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    Dazza wrote: »
    Thanks! Got one there. What was the delivery time like? Ty

    Not bad. 2 weeks after it shipped I got mine.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 Dingle Berry


    Mine arrived a few days ago. It took about two weeks to deliver. Is working fine. Thanks for the info.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Allyall wrote: »

    That link brings me to a usb dongle all right. But at the bottom of the advert there is a note in red, which says:

    "Support mpeg2. Do not support mpeg4
    Buyers need to make sure the city where you living have been opened DVB-T wireless digital television signals !"

    That dongle will NOT work for Saorview, if the above statement is accurate, or am I missing something?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Dazza


    That link brings me to a usb dongle all right. But at the bottom of the advert there is a note in red, which says:

    "Support mpeg2. Do not support mpeg4
    Buyers need to make sure the city where you living have been opened DVB-T wireless digital television signals !"

    That dongle will NOT work for Saorview, if the above statement is accurate, or am I missing something?

    Feck!! :/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Dazza


    Is there any way of cancelling even when it has been sent?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭Kevin!


    Trawled through the thread and still can't find any suggestions of it working with a Mac OS X - anyone had such success?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,944 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    That link brings me to a usb dongle all right. But at the bottom of the advert there is a note in red, which says:

    "Support mpeg2. Do not support mpeg4
    Buyers need to make sure the city where you living have been opened DVB-T wireless digital television signals !"

    That dongle will NOT work for Saorview, if the above statement is accurate, or am I missing something?

    Yes you are missing the fact that the warning refers to the capabilities of the supplied software.

    The dongle only tunes in the broadcast and does not do any processing on the signal .... that is left up to the software.

    There are plenty software options to use other than MPEG-2 only software.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    That link brings me to a usb dongle all right. But at the bottom of the advert there is a note in red, which says:

    "Support mpeg2. Do not support mpeg4
    Buyers need to make sure the city where you living have been opened DVB-T wireless digital television signals !"

    That dongle will NOT work for Saorview, if the above statement is accurate, or am I missing something?

    Well I saw that too after I purchased it and thought I'd wasted my money, but I can confirm now that I've got it that it does indeed work for Saorview. The dongle itself does not decode mpeg4 but it does recieve it and passes the demuxed signal onto the software which does the decoding. Why that red note is there I don't know. Mind you, I do think you need an mpeg4 codec installed on your machine if the software your using doesn't have it's own codecs built in. I'd use ffdshow or K-Lite codec pack just in case.

    Viewing softwares I tried that worked for me:
    1. The supplied Blaze Deluxe Player (Picture quality is kind of grainy.)
    2. Windows Media Centre (Better picture.)
    3. Splash Lite (same quality as WMC.)
    4. VLC Player (Best picture quality, but as it doesn't support scanning, you've got to know your local mast frequency. Has it's own codecs,)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    Dazza wrote: »
    Is there any way of cancelling even when it has been sent?

    No need to cancel. It does work for Saorview. See my previous post.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    Is anyone having problems with RTE 2 HD using the receiver?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭gerryo


    Is anyone having problems with RTE 2 HD using the receiver?

    What are you seeing - picture breakup?
    Is your PC CPU powerful enough for HD, probably not if it works
    just about OK on SD.

    What software are you using?
    VLC seems to have problems with HD sometimes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    gerryo wrote: »
    What are you seeing - picture breakup?
    Is your PC CPU powerful enough for HD, probably not if it works
    just about OK on SD.

    What software are you using?
    VLC seems to have problems with HD sometimes.

    I've had no problem with RTE 2 HD in VLC. If you use VLC and you have a half decent graphics card, you can take some of the load off your CPU by going to tools->preferences->Input & Codecs->Use GPU accelerated decoding. VLC is great like this - lots of options.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    I've been using WMC.

    Can anyone tell me how to get it working in VLC to see if it is actually my hardware that is causing the problem?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    I've been using WMC.

    Can anyone tell me how to get it working in VLC to see if it is actually my hardware that is causing the problem?

    About Saorview in VLC player, see this post:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056469715&page=22#322

    Follow the instructions carefully and you should have a VLC playlist file (.xspf) that opens up Saorview when you click it. If RTE 2 HD is still bad in VLC, there are a whole host of tweakable options that might fix it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    Nalydyenlo wrote: »
    About Saorview in VLC player, see this post:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056469715&page=22#322

    Follow the instructions carefully and you should have a VLC playlist file (.xspf) that opens up Saorview when you click it. If RTE 2 HD is still bad in VLC, there are a whole host of tweakable options that might fix it.

    I've done that there but still nothing! :(
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <playlist xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/" version="1">
    	<title>Saorview Playlist</title>
    	<trackList>
    		<track>
    			<title>RTE 1</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1101</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track>
    			<title>RTE 2</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>1</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1102</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track>
    			<title>TV 3</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>2</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1103</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track>
    			<title>TG 4</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>3</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1104</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track>
    			<title>RTE NEWS NOW</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>4</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1105</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track>
    			<title>3 e</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>5</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1106</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track>
    			<title>RTE Junior</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>6</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1107</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    		<track><title>RTE one + 1</title>
    			<location>dvb-t://</location>
    			<duration>2700000</duration>
    			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
    				<vlc:id>7</vlc:id>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
    				<vlc:option>program=1108</vlc:option>
    			</extension>
    		</track>
    	</trackList>
    </playlist>
    

    This is my xpsf file!
    I'm in Dublin so I changed it to 738000000. It opens grand in VLC, but when I click on a channel it does nothing!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    vlc should have its own mpeg4 or h.264 codec ...have you checked it is installed and active


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan



    I've done that there but still nothing! :(
    &#60;?xml version=&#34;1.0&#34; encoding=&#34;UTF-8&#34;?&#62;
    &#60;playlist xmlns=&#34;http://xspf.org/ns/0/&#34; xmlns:vlc=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/&#34; version=&#34;1&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#60;title&#62;Saorview Playlist&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#60;trackList&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;RTE 1&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;0&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1101&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;RTE 2&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;1&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1102&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;TV 3&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;2&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1103&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;TG 4&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;3&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1104&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;RTE NEWS NOW&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;4&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1105&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;3 e&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;5&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1106&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;title&#62;RTE Junior&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;6&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1107&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;track&#62;&#60;title&#62;RTE one + 1&#60;/title&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;location&#62;dvb-t://&#60;/location&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;duration&#62;2700000&#60;/duration&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;extension application=&#34;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0&#34;&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:id&#62;7&#60;/vlc:id&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-frequency=738000000&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;dvb-bandwidth=8&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;vlc:option&#62;program=1108&#60;/vlc:option&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#9;&#60;/extension&#62;
    &#9;&#9;&#60;/track&#62;
    &#9;&#60;/trackList&#62;
    &#60;/playlist&#62;
    

    This is my xpsf file!
    I'm in Dublin so I changed it to 738000000. It opens grand in VLC, but when I click on a channel it does nothing!
    Three Rock has changed frequencies. Try replacing 738000000 with 546000000.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,944 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    The easiest thing to do IMO is to let VLC generate its own playlist and save it.

    VLC .... Open Capture Device ... Mode TV and DVB-T (or DVB-T2)

    Enter the frequency for your local transmitter for multiplex frequency and 8Mhz for the bandwidth .... and select Play

    The Saorview channels will then become available in VLC and you can select "Save Playlist to file" for re-use simply by opening that file with VLC whenever you want to access Saorview channels.

    All you need to know is the frequency of your local transponder.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,888 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    might be my setup (GPU isn't great) but it seems to be more responsive (less hangy) for RTE2 when video is set as wallpaper


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭upandcumming


    Jonathan wrote: »
    Three Rock has changed frequencies. Try replacing 738000000 with 546000000.
    That was where I was going wrong! RTÉ2HD is much better, but still a bit jumpy. Any recommendations on what to do within VLC to make it smoother?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,637 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Anyone using one of these in Clontarf?

    Tempted to get one for the kids playroom...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    The easiest thing to do IMO is to let VLC generate its own playlist and save it.

    VLC .... Open Capture Device ... Mode TV and DVB-T (or DVB-T2)

    Enter the frequency for your local transmitter for multiplex frequency and 8Mhz for the bandwidth .... and select Play

    The Saorview channels will then become available in VLC and you can select "Save Playlist to file" for re-use simply by opening that file with VLC whenever you want to access Saorview channels.

    All you need to know is the frequency of your local transponder.

    Yes but it doesn't save a track for each channel this way so you won't be able to change the channels with the navigate buttons - you have to go to playback -> programs each time which is a pain. The code above is a playlist with a track for each channel, allowing you to change channels by simply clicking 'back' or 'next' or else going the playlist window. You can also insert an image to identify your channel by putting in <image>file:///[path to image]</image> within the channel track which is nice - less boring than the traffic cone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    That was where I was going wrong! RTÉ2HD is much better, but still a bit jumpy. Any recommendations on what to do within VLC to make it smoother?

    Try going to 'Tools -> Preferences -> Video' and setting de-interlacing to 'automatic' or 'on' and de-interlace mode to 'blend'. My RTE 2 picture was all full of glitches and lines until I did this.

    EDIT: Also it wouldn't hurt to go to 'Tools -> Preferences -> Input & Codecs' and check 'Use GPU accelerated decoding'. Also 'Tools -> Preferences ->Video' and check 'accelerated video output'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 Nalydyenlo


    How do you send Thanks From: messages on this board, like the one upandcumming sent just above?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Click on the thumbs up icon in the bottom right corner of their post.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭mickzer


    Nalydyenlo wrote: »
    How do you send Thanks From: messages on this board, like the one upandcumming sent just above?

    Just click on the "Thumbs-up" icon on the right;)
    Edit:Darn.....one finger typing........

    mickzer.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭Holdover


    Got one of these and it works great, the blaze software was a bit laggy but on Windows media center its really smooth, great bargain


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