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MPEG4 CAM's

  • 15-05-2015 8:04pm
    #1
    I swindled the NSA
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    Are there any CAM's on the market capable of downscaling HD content as well as decoding MPEG4 ?

    I have a DVD recorder and want to be able to record Saorview without faffing around with extra boxes/cables/remotes.

    Ive been told that there MPEG4 cards that I can put into the CAM slot on my recorder but that most(/all ?) of these wont work with RTE1 and 2 owing to these channels being HD only.


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  • #2
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    No, they don't exist.

    As you say, there was one (Neotion?) that could work with SD MPEG4 somewhat, but not with any HD content.


  • #3
    winston_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    I swindled the NSA wrote: »
    Are there any CAM's on the market capable of downscaling HD content as well as decoding MPEG4 ?

    I have a DVD recorder and want to be able to record Saorview without faffing around with extra boxes/cables/remotes.

    Ive been told that there MPEG4 cards that I can put into the CAM slot on my recorder but that most(/all ?) of these wont work with RTE1 and 2 owing to these channels being HD only.

    They don't work well with SD channels either.

    Don't Saorview boxes have scart sockets from which you could get SD to record on your DVD recorder?


  • #4
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    byte wrote: »
    No, they don't exist.

    As you say, there was one (Neotion?) that could work with SD MPEG4 somewhat, but not with any HD content.

    Yes. They were very glitchy and were processor dependant. It would drop loads of frames even in SD.

    To the OP, you need a DVD Recorder that decodes MPEG4 H264 and has an onboard DVB-T tuner that does likewise.


  • #5
    I swindled the NSA
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    STB. wrote: »
    To the OP, you need a DVD Recorder that decodes MPEG4 H264 and has an onboard DVB-T tuner that does likewise.
    Do any DVD recorders (as opposed to Blu-ray) on the market do this :confused:


  • #6
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    I swindled the NSA wrote: »
    Do any DVD recorders (as opposed to Blu-ray) on the market do this :confused:

    Yes, there are, mainly Panasonic brand, expensive and hit and miss. Make sure that the tuner is MPEG4 DVB-T AVC (H264 L4). Not to be confused with the ability to play MP4 files. Put it this way I would be trying one before buying one as you dont always know the spec of the tuner on board and processing chips for the dvb-t end. Some can be just MPEG2, some MPEG4 SD (H264 L3) meaning they wont decode the HD content. There may come a time that RTE will start encrytping the HD content to flag no record. I dont think it has been implemented yet.

    Check out the "Energy Sistem Combo D8 HDTV" which you can get for about €50. The recording is done to a USB conencted device. You could the archive those to DVD using a PC/Laptop as I do not think it has a record facility outside USB, its only a DVD player.

    A lot of people dont bother with DVD and recording due to the fact that most DVB-T receivers record in the raw TS format on HDD's, which you could always archive to disc anyhow.


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  • #7
    I swindled the NSA
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    STB. wrote: »
    most DVB-T receivers record in the raw TS format on HDD's, which you could always archive to disc anyhow.

    How would I convert raw TS format to DVD Video format ?


  • #8
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    I swindled the NSA wrote: »
    How would I convert raw TS format to DVD Video format ?

    Lots of software out there. I used Videoredo in the olden days! Found it good as it took out the ads.


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