Thread: HELP ! A few issues with my new dvb-s pci card...

I use ffdshow (among other things) for video decoding, ffdshow isn't the fastest but does cover most codecs used for DVB and does a good job with the video, that said most modern PC's should be able to deal with ffdshow with no problems

Win 7 and Media Center also found my KWorld DVB-T card without any intervention. It offered a channel scan, and came up with a complete list, ready to go, and all listed in the 'preferred' UK order. But for me, the jury's still thinking about whether Media Center really cuts the mustard. I've not tried DVB Viewer yet on this platform. I've only installed Win 7 as something I may need in the future, but I have to say...

apologies first off if this is in the wrong section of the forums, it was a tear between technical satellite or computers and networking, so it is relevant to both, just thought you people here might have a better idea. i brought a kworld dvb-s 100 satellite pci card yesterday from maplin and ive put it all in and installed it, it works great, but my only gripe is the pants program they give you with it, it looks horrible, and you cant...

Quote: Originally Posted by samtheqt apologies first off if this is in the wrong section of the forums, it was a tear between technical satellite or computers and networking, so it is relevant to both, just thought you people here might have a better idea. i brought a kworld dvb-s 100 satellite pci card yesterday from maplin and ive put it all in and installed it, it works great, but my only gripe is the pants program they give you with it,...

I have a similar problem. I bought the TBS DVBS2 8920, and it works fine with it's own software in XP, except that it insists on displaying BBC HD and Luxe HD in 4:3 format however it is set. But in Windows 7 the media center recognizes the card but says there is no signal from it. I haven't tried it's own software in Windows 7, but presume it would work the same as in XP. It's probably a driver problem or Win7 Media...

You might want to have a look at the DVBLogic software. Their latest beta is something called TVSource which uses the DVBDream sat engine to tune and decode transport streams and present them to vista or 7 media center. i don't know if your card works but it's worth a look at.

FWIW I have a Hauppauge Nova DVB-S2 card working on Windows 7 with Media Centre and DVBviewer. I have not had to add any extra drivers for the card, and the remote actually works quite well with Media Centre. With both software packages, HD channels, are 'blocky' for a few moments when I switch to them. I think that Windows Media Centre is using an AC3 codec for the AC3 sound on the BBC HD channel. I can't get DVBViewer to work...