On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Arthur Green <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthur@phraction.org">arthur@phraction.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Frank Lynch wrote:<br>
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> I understand it they are using DVB-T with MPEG-4 in Ireland[1], I<br>
> believe that France uses MPEG-4 for HD DVB transmission and that MPEG-4<br>
> is also used with DVB in Estonia, Norway, Poland & India. I'm hoping<br>
> that I can use a pretty standard DVB-T usb stick to capture one of these<br>
> streams. If your in one of those countries and have are capturing MPEG-4<br>
> with DVB can you please reply as I'd love to hear about what your using<br>
> ( I'm about to purchase hardware). Ideally I'm looking for a<br>
> recommendation for a DVB usb stick as I'd like to run the server in a<br>
> msi wind or eee box.<br>
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</div>I'm another Ireland-based MythTV user and hence am in a similar position<br>
to Frank. The requirements document for the receivers says that the<br>
transport stream is ISO/IEC 13818-1[3] and a video profile/level of<br>
ISO/IEC 14496-10[6]: High Profile @ L4.0. Audio will be ISO/IEC<br>
14496-3[7] (HE-AACv1). As far as I can tell, this is MPEG-4 with H.264.<br>
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The mythtv wiki has an article on the Terratec Hybrid XS (link is<br>
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Terratec_Hybrid_XS" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Terratec_Hybrid_XS</a>). The author<br>
says that he had the unit working with the trials in Dublin, but since<br>
the article dates from 2006, I don't know if it's still applicable. The<br>
closest match I can find on Terratec's web site is a Cinergy T USB XXS<br>
HD, which at €60 might be worth trying. According to Terratec's web<br>
site, it can handle MPEG-4/H.264.</blockquote><div><br>I'm leaning towards agreeing with David on this one: the listed codecs probably refer to the software that they ship for windows with the stick. I'm hoping that any DVB-T reciever can recieve the MPEG-4 stream.<br>
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I'm not sure however if I'll get a good signal without a rooftop<br>
antenna, as my home doesn't face towards the transmitter. </blockquote><div><br>I understand that they are broadcasting at 50 killowatts, so you might be able to get away with a simple indoor antenna. (thats what I'm going to try first).<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This might do<br>
for the trials, but I don't know how it will fare with the production<br>
service, which I presume will require a card of some sort.<br>
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Seeing as how this device has been got to work with Linux (see<br>
<a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-March/024280.html" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-March/024280.html</a>), I'm<br>
tempted to give this a go.<br><br></blockquote></div><br>I'm thinking that I'll try a Hauppage Nova-T usb stick. From what I've read that sounds like the DVB card thats the most commonly used with mythtv.<br>
--Frank<br>