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How does TV recording work with Windows Media Centre + DTH ? With analogue it was possible
Need suggestion on a good USB TV Tuner Card
Need suggestion on a good USB TV Tuner Card
PC Peripherals USB TV Tuner for Windows Media Center ?
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Ideally you could buy a DVB-S/S2 tuner card with a slot for the subscriber smart card. But I don't think these are available in India, and there are reports that DTH providers have locked their cards to only work with the set top box its supplied with.
Its probably easier to just use a video capture card and connect it to your DTH STBs outputs.
Its probably easier to just use a video capture card and connect it to your DTH STBs outputs.
aBs0lut3z33r0
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It works with IR blaster but i need details of a model that comes with IR blaster and has good support with Win7x64 and WMC .
Wmc is useless if you use stb. It only detects analog inputs. No HDMI. Ir blaster is of no use since stb will show only one channel and you could use stb remote to change the channel.
For a list of tuners working with win7x64 go to Microsoft site and see compatible tuners listed there.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win8/CompatCenter/Home?Language=en-US
For a list of tuners working with win7x64 go to Microsoft site and see compatible tuners listed there.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win8/CompatCenter/Home?Language=en-US
aBs0lut3z33r0
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isnt ir blaster used to program the ir codes from stb remote in wmc . i intend on using composite video with a tv tuner . are any of the desi tv tuners (intex,quantum,enter...) compatible with WMC ?
I intend to use a setup like this
TATA sky hd with Hdmi on HDTV
composite video from the same STB to another room with Ir blaster and tv tuner . Is this possible ? Will this setup work ?
Need inputs from anyone who have used a pinnacle ir blaster remote and receiver before?
I intend to use a setup like this
TATA sky hd with Hdmi on HDTV
composite video from the same STB to another room with Ir blaster and tv tuner . Is this possible ? Will this setup work ?
Need inputs from anyone who have used a pinnacle ir blaster remote and receiver before?
Oh, I got confused when you said 'TV Tuner'. The correct terminology would be video capture card. In the setup you described, the STB is the tuner; your card can only capture video from the STB outputs as I said.
An IR blaster to change channels on your STB should be fine. But you would need pretty long cables from your STB to your other room, both for the IR blaster and the composite cables. This will degrade video quality for the composite connection. Don't forget you need another set of cables for audio as well. The other thing I hope you know is that you can't watch one channel on your TV and a different channel on your PC simultaneously.
Tatasky has multi-STB options. It would be much better to get a second STB.
An IR blaster to change channels on your STB should be fine. But you would need pretty long cables from your STB to your other room, both for the IR blaster and the composite cables. This will degrade video quality for the composite connection. Don't forget you need another set of cables for audio as well. The other thing I hope you know is that you can't watch one channel on your TV and a different channel on your PC simultaneously.
Tatasky has multi-STB options. It would be much better to get a second STB.
aBs0lut3z33r0
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i understand that but the STB in master room is rarely used . The hard part is getting an USB tv tuner /capture card from an indian brand that works with windows media centre
Check the list for compatibility like 6pack said : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win7/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithDefaultFilters?TempOsid=win7&Locale=en-us&Type=Hardware&ProductCategory=TV devices
I think the harder part is getting good quality on your PC since
a) analog outputs won't be HD - most likely 480p (USB port will be bandwidth limited for HD anyway)
b) 20~30 ft (?) extension cable will definitely affect quality
I think the harder part is getting good quality on your PC since
a) analog outputs won't be HD - most likely 480p (USB port will be bandwidth limited for HD anyway)
b) 20~30 ft (?) extension cable will definitely affect quality
aBs0lut3z33r0
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i intend on watching tv only occasionally..news,etc thats the reason why i am not getting a STB in my room . The win7/win8 compatibility list only mentions driver support for the particular OS . Many win7 cards do not work on Windows Media Centre so getting a WMC compatible card is little tough
WMC is too picky and is probably only optimised for digital tv antennas. All TV tuners come with their own software.
Alternatively since you say you only need to watch shows sometimes, you could get an external TV tuner too. The only drawback would be that these external tuners have only VGA out and composite input.
Alternatively since you say you only need to watch shows sometimes, you could get an external TV tuner too. The only drawback would be that these external tuners have only VGA out and composite input.
aBs0lut3z33r0
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The reason why i want to get a wmc compatible tv tuner is for the use of ir blaster otherwise i i wont be able to change channels?
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