Woohoo, finally got my HD / DVB-S setup working!

[HokieEngineer]

So I've had a channel master 1 meter dish lying around ever since the whole Dish 105 HD fiasco. Well after reading around here and other sites, I saw that there is a PBS-HD channel on AMC 3.

The hard part of this whole operation was just getting the dvb app working! I had aimed my dish at Nimiq1 at 91 using a dish legacy lnb and an old dish receiver. I knew amc was just a little to the left and up slightly. However I could never get the signal levels on my PC to go above 0 after swapping out the dish lnb with my ku fss lnb. Finally, after I about kicked my dish in half, I hit "scan transponder" on the pbs hd transponder, and WALLA!! Signal level, and a channel!

My DVB setup is a Twinhan 1020. PC setup is a P4 3GHz. Processor is running around 40-50% according to windows. Right now I'm using RitzDVB... Looking at experimenting with some of the other ones now.

I decided to haul my PC downstairs and hook it up to my benq 8700. Oh very very very nice! Switched my video card to 1280x720x60hz, optical audio out. Now I think I need a vid card with dvi out!

Anyways, felt like sharing a success story.

 

[jerryt]

Good Job!!!

Try the free HD preview cahnnel on Nimiq 2.


Awesome stuff HD

 

[dssj0hn]

Excellent. Does RitzDVB have a DVR feature? If so, how is that working.

What type of video card are you using and what input are you using to your TV?

 

[HokieEngineer]

Ritz can record programming, but it does not have the timeshifting of MyTheatre. I tried to record the pbs hd channel, but when I played it back in windows media player, it was really jerky. The actual recording seemed to be working fine though, so it might be a driver issue with WMP.

Just for the heck of it, I loaded the file in WinDVD and it played back fine.. Stupid WMP... Woohoo HD DVR!!

I'm just using the built in video card, which is an Intel 82915G. I didnt have enough cash to get a pci-express video card when I bought the mb/cpu so I got one with on board vid. It does a ton of resolutions surprisingly.

Since I have a 6000 hooked up to the benq right now, I just swapped the rgb-vga cable to my pc and it worked like a charm. I did however notice a little "echo" on the pic when I tried 1280x720x75 or 85hz. I figure 60Hz would be better anyways, since the HD signal is 60 fields per sec right? I'm using a homebuilt cable (from avsforum) using shielded cat5. This is why I want to upgrade the video card and purchase a dvi cable from my projector to the equipment rack.


Jerryt: What transponder is the free preview channel on n2? I looked on lyngsat but didnt see it.

 

[DiscoLoveGrapes]

Ritz can record programming, but it does not have the timeshifting of MyTheatre. I tried to record the pbs hd channel, but when I played it back in windows media player, it was really jerky. The actual recording seemed to be working fine though, so it might be a driver issue with WMP.

Just for the heck of it, I loaded the file in WinDVD and it played back fine.. Stupid WMP... Woohoo HD DVR!!

There's also a little program called Media Player Classic that I used after recording HD stuff from ProgDVD (haven't tried Ritz yet, I'll have to try). It played my recording from PBS HDTV when WiMP wouldn't. Less of a memory hog as well.