looking for a GOOD working DVB-C card with ProgDVB
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:25 pm
Hello,
this is my first post on this forum.
Well, I am going to purchase a PCI DVB-C card for my PC.
My basic system consists of:
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Gigabyte nForce2 chipset
Windows XP SP2
ATI Radeon 9600 Ultra
What I want is a perfectly working (if this really exists ) DVB-C card with ProgDVB.
In my opinion there are only two eligible card solutions available.
First:
Mantis chipset based with HDTV support (Terratec Cinergy C PCI HD) or identical in construction a Twinhan 2040
Second:
Philips chipset based with HW MPEG2 decoding (no HDTV) (Technotrend Premium C-2300 Hybrid)
On reading through the forum, I found several problems existing with both chipset based cards.
Which one would you suggest/prefer or any other ideas?
However, I would be glad, if someone knows (has it running) one of them, which is working for him with no real issues.
Further I would like to know, what's the real difference between the TT Premium line in ProgDVBs Hardware and Software mode?
Probably in HW mode the video is decoded by the HW MPEG2 chip of the card and in SW mode the system codec is used? Is that right?
Which one produces the best picture quality?
For TechnoTrend Premium line exist probably no BDA drivers.
In fact BDA is a common standard (better compatibility to third party multimedia SW only?), but is there still another advantage of using them as driver for my card?
To TT Premium line:
Is ProgDVB able to loop audio through PCI-Bus to audio device or have I to attach the stereo mini jack cable between DVB card and audio card line in? I suppose this will result in better audio quality and controllability.
Is AC-3 output support by coaxial SPDIF?
Will an original common interface (pseudo PCI card adapter or 3.5" front bay) add-on work in conjunction with ProgDVB?
And my last question (maybe only the author prog knows the answer):
Newer cards based on Philips SAA7146 DVB solution offer HD-TV capability (i.e. Satelco or KNC One).
The only thing I noticed in product description responsible for HD is the presence of a MPEG4 codec (mostly by Cyberlink).
TT-Premium line use the same chipset, but don't offer this feature.
So is it possible to adapt the driver, the TV-Software and of course the codec, to get HD on these type of cards, too?
Is there any other HW/SW dependency?
A lot of questions. Hope someone can answer them.
Many Thanks.
sterling
this is my first post on this forum.
Well, I am going to purchase a PCI DVB-C card for my PC.
My basic system consists of:
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Gigabyte nForce2 chipset
Windows XP SP2
ATI Radeon 9600 Ultra
What I want is a perfectly working (if this really exists ) DVB-C card with ProgDVB.
In my opinion there are only two eligible card solutions available.
First:
Mantis chipset based with HDTV support (Terratec Cinergy C PCI HD) or identical in construction a Twinhan 2040
Second:
Philips chipset based with HW MPEG2 decoding (no HDTV) (Technotrend Premium C-2300 Hybrid)
On reading through the forum, I found several problems existing with both chipset based cards.
Which one would you suggest/prefer or any other ideas?
However, I would be glad, if someone knows (has it running) one of them, which is working for him with no real issues.
Further I would like to know, what's the real difference between the TT Premium line in ProgDVBs Hardware and Software mode?
Probably in HW mode the video is decoded by the HW MPEG2 chip of the card and in SW mode the system codec is used? Is that right?
Which one produces the best picture quality?
For TechnoTrend Premium line exist probably no BDA drivers.
In fact BDA is a common standard (better compatibility to third party multimedia SW only?), but is there still another advantage of using them as driver for my card?
To TT Premium line:
Is ProgDVB able to loop audio through PCI-Bus to audio device or have I to attach the stereo mini jack cable between DVB card and audio card line in? I suppose this will result in better audio quality and controllability.
Is AC-3 output support by coaxial SPDIF?
Will an original common interface (pseudo PCI card adapter or 3.5" front bay) add-on work in conjunction with ProgDVB?
And my last question (maybe only the author prog knows the answer):
Newer cards based on Philips SAA7146 DVB solution offer HD-TV capability (i.e. Satelco or KNC One).
The only thing I noticed in product description responsible for HD is the presence of a MPEG4 codec (mostly by Cyberlink).
TT-Premium line use the same chipset, but don't offer this feature.
So is it possible to adapt the driver, the TV-Software and of course the codec, to get HD on these type of cards, too?
Is there any other HW/SW dependency?
A lot of questions. Hope someone can answer them.
Many Thanks.
sterling