[vdr] Re: Building VDR for North America

[Andrey Vlassov <andreyv@ece.ubc.ca>]

Stefaan,

no no no, here in North America they use MPEG2 streaming from satellite 
but most channels is crypted as far as I know. But again I can be wrong 
here as I am very new in this area and even do not have receiver yet. I 
have helped some people with ripping video from PVR (resonal video 
recorder -- satellite receiver + HDD to store video stand alone model). 
Quality of video was very god compare to broadcast TV or normal cable 
(not digital). We was using DishPlayer 7200 plus dishrip program (for 
windows but work on linux under wine). There is a discussion group on 
yahoo for this program where people try to make VCD/SVCD/DVD from 
recordings. So, it is MPEG2 stream but I would like to talk whith 
somebody who already tried Satellite TV tuner and know what available 
otherwise I will be a piligrim in this area for North America.

Andrey


Stefaan Coddé wrote:

> Andrey Vlassov wrote:
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> > I am interested in building VDR but stable on missing information
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> regarding North America region.
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> > Is anybody on this list >from North America?
> > Was you able to build VDR and how successfull you was?
> > Now many channes do you able to pickup? What DBV card do you use?
> > What is the best DVB card for North America?
> > What is the best supplier for DVB card?
> > I would like to talk over email with people interested in building or
> >    
> already build VDR for North America.
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> Too bad : the VDR software works only with a few DVB-S, C or T cards,
> mainly Technotrend based.
> The US doesn't use MPEG2 as is used on the european satellites.
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> Stefaan
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