saorview question.

teednab-el

Currently I have this PC TV tuner that I have since 2008 and I am able to pick up radio channels and Irish terrestrial channels both analog and digital but I can only get sound with the digital tv channels I cant get any picture. I have all the saorview channels in sound only.

THe specs of the PC tuner go as follows

DVB-T, MPEG-2 hybrid analog/dvb-t tuner.

Does this tuner need be MPEG-4 to work with Irish digital channels?


Thank you.

kbell

Yup needs to be mpeg 4.

Gerry Wicklow

Usually it is the PC software that converts the signal. Windows 7 has the necessary MPEG4 decoders but earlier versions of Windows may not.

spanner555

this is interesting gerry.
I got a new pc off santy, and i'd like to get a dual tv card for free to air satellite in hd, and saorview. however any i can find (online at least) all seem to be mpeg 2. these could possibly be okay then if windows can decode the mpeg 4 signal.
do you have any more info, or could you point me in the right direction.

watty

No, you just need a pair of DVB-S2 cards.
With PCs the MPEG2 and MPEG4 is nothing to do with the Satellite card or Terrestrial USB stick.

Windows 7 includes MPEG4 and even MHEG5. On XP you have to install it separately. I use CoreAVC on XP.
Windows 7 Media Centre will work for Digital Satellite or Terrestrial and even MHEG5 interactive. If you have windows 7 drivers for the Tuner card. XP and Vista "Media center" are rubbish for Digital, HD and MPEG4 and have no MHEG5.

DVBViewer with MHEG5 plug in and CoreAVC will work for Interactive, HD, Satellite and Terrestrial, 2 tuners of each, on XP, vista or Windows 7 with a suitable "power" of PC and Graphics card that has GPU, HDMI and can do 1080p50.

For best Satellite or Terrestrial quality you need 1920x1080p50 mode, not the normal PC 60Hz to 120Hz.

STB

teednab-el wrote: »

Currently I have this PC TV tuner that I have since 2008 and I am able to pick up radio channels and Irish terrestrial channels both analog and digital but I can only get sound with the digital tv channels I cant get any picture. I have all the saorview channels in sound only.

THe specs of the PC tuner go as follows

DVB-T, MPEG-2 hybrid analog/dvb-t tuner.

Does this tuner need be MPEG-4 to work with Irish digital channels?


Thank you.

Install VLC (ftree) and test your tuner with it. It has an X264 decoder built in, that will work straight away.

watty

I find though my PC isn't "powerful" enough for the decoder in VLC. It's fine with CoreAVC though.

spanner555

Thanks for the input folks. food for thought.