UK Based Quick Giude?

[mickwall]

I have just bought a Hauppauge Nova HD-S2 card for my HTPC and installed DVBViewer. Whilst i've managed to scan for a few channels and got a few things playing i have the following questions if someone could help me?

 

Is there a UK Based Quick Guide for people with SKY dishes?

 

What satellites should i point DVBViewer at to scan for all the UK based FTA channels (SKY and Freesat)? Astra/Eurobird etc

 

Are there any other channels worth looking for?

 

What are the recommended Video & Audio Codecs for both SD and HD transmissions?

 

Are there any tips/tricks to resolving motion judder/interlacing problems? (was watching ITV-HD last night and you could see interlacing problems)

 

What refresh rate should you have your graphic card at for DVB feeds?

 

What causes video breakup? ie masses of occassional pixellation? I'm 99% sure the feed from the dish is fine cos its from my SKY box which is fine.

 

How can you capture screenshots using DVBViewer? Can you just press a button and it saves a jpg somewhere?

 

Think thats about it for now. Any help you can give would be very much appreciated.

[Snoods]

Hi mickwall, I too have the Nova HD S2 card and very good it is too when used with DVBViewer. To capture screens just go to view then screenshot and it will save the capture to the same place as you have told DVBViewer to place your recorded files.

 

Here are some of my HD captures using DVBViewer

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/freesathd/

 

 

By the way ITV HD had a fault last night and was pausing and pixelating so there's probably nothing wrong with your settings.

 

I use the H.264 codecs supplied with PowerDVD Ultra and find them great with the HD channels.

 

You could always try the trial of Core AVC another H.264 codec and see how it performs with your setup.

 

http://www.coreavc.com/

 

 

I myself use Vista 64 Bit and the Vista Enhanced Renderer as i prefer the output i get using that but the other video renderes work too.

 

It's all trial and error with codecs and renderers to see what works best for you.

Edited June 16, 2008 by Snoods