Visionsat Question

**tvropro** · 02-10-2010 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by woodheat/nooil

I am slow, happy you got it.

Thank's again

**Tron** · 02-11-2010 04:21 AM

Tvropro, the Visionsats make great recorders for HD and 4:2:2, even though they can't display those signals. You will get the audio, though, and that's often enough to let you know when to hit the record button! The resulting .TS files can be played back on a PC...

**tvropro** · 02-11-2010 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Tron

Tvropro, the Visionsats make great recorders for HD and 4:2:2, even though they can't display those signals. You will get the audio, though, and that's often enough to let you know when to hit the record button! The resulting .TS files can be played back on a PC...

That's what I heard one of the reasons I got one

Which codec is needed in my PC ? I can use VLC player right?

**Tron** · 02-12-2010 04:32 AM

VLC will work, but the Visionsat file header info confuses it. Therefore, you must remux the file before playing back with VLC. TSMuxer is a free tool that will remux the file.

Media Player Classic will play the files as well. 4:2:2 requires the Elecard codec with Media Player Classic.

**tvropro** · 02-12-2010 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Tron

VLC will work, but the Visionsat file header info confuses it. Therefore, you must remux the file before playing back with VLC. TSMuxer is a free tool that will remux the file.

Media Player Classic will play the files as well. 4:2:2 requires the Elecard codec with Media Player Classic.

Thanks

**Tron** · 02-14-2010 06:04 AM

No problem, TVROPro! There are also some other PC utilities that are handy to have around for working with Visionsat files. Remember, if you want to burn HD to Blu-Ray, the audio must be AC-3. Enjoy

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**tvropro** · 02-14-2010 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by Tron

No problem, TVROPro! There are also some other PC utilities that are handy to have around for working with Visionsat files. Remember, if you want to burn HD to Blu-Ray, the audio must be AC-3. Enjoy

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Which HD format does the Visionsat support Mpeg 2, Mpeg 4 or what? As far as 4:2:2 it should do all SD right? I finished making my normal channel scans that I wanted. Muxes such as Ion the and NASA the HD's scanned in some say channel error and some have audio so how do I know which ones to record?

**brentb636** · 02-14-2010 09:36 AM

Visionsat is an mpeg2 receiver. It can detect mpeg2 HD channels , but CANNOT display them . It can record 4:2:2 streams , but CANNOT display 4:2:2 video . There are people who record the streams that CANNOT be displayed, and then play them back with a PC solution where the proper codecs can be selected for display.

**tvropro** · 02-14-2010 10:36 AM

Just was curious about it's limitations. Okay thanks

**Tron** · 02-15-2010 06:16 AM

The Visionsat, as Brentb636 said, will only do MPEG-2. I have tried both HD and 4:2:2, and both record properly. I have not tried an HD 4:2:2 channel, but I see no reason why that wouldn't work. As far as recording the channels, you can hear the audio, but you can't see the video. It will say "Service Error". If you don't hear anything, watch your hard drive activity light. When there's something there, it will be active. When its HD, it will be blinking rapidly (lots of data being transferred).