DVB-S USB Recommendations Please

[srhutch]

A colleague of mine is looking to us GBPVR after seeing what it does. He plans to use a laptop as his server so requires a DVB-S USB device.

What would you recommend?

[FarNorthSAT]

I use a Hauppauge NOVA S USB 2 and that works pretty good...however it doesn't like starting up straight into gbpvr...it seems to not load the drivers quick enough before gbpvr loads and chokes....I have set my pci as the first device.
But all in all small and compact device and has built in remote reciever with remote

[steeb]

A colleague of mine is looking to us GBPVR after seeing what it does. He plans to use a laptop as his server so requires a DVB-S USB device.

Personally I wouldn't use a laptop as a server, can he not run a PC?

What would you recommend?

Running a PC

Cheers

Steeb

[snapperfish]

hi. HELP. I have a very cheap DVB-S box off ebay (16 uk pound). It does work under supplied software Dlaze DVB. However GBPVR dows not even recognise it, when added a a new device. Can anyone help with this. Running PVRX2 v1.2.13, XP SP2, Core 2 Duo, and a Twinhan PCI card for freeview. I am a newbie to GBPVR. thanks

[sub]

If its got BDA drivers, then it should work. Run the filtercheck.exe utility from the gbpvr directory, then zip and attach the filtercheck.log and I'll take a look.

[snapperfish]

hi

thanks

such a quick response from you guys !

zip attched - I think

[sub]

Try adding this to the bda.ini file:


[LME BDA DVBS]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-S
RECEIVER_ONLY_MODE=1
FILTER_RECEIVER=LME BDA DVBS
PIN_RECEIVER_IN=Antenna In Pin
PIN_RECEIVER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

[snapperfish]

hi

Thanks - much better. Now device recognised, and am scanning OK. I see the LED flash on the box.

BUT no channels found. This was OK the other day - found several hundred channels on Astra 2A, 2B, 2D.

Any thoughts?

[sub]

Post the config.exe.log and config.exe-native.log and i'll take a look.

[snapperfish]

hi

logs attached

thanks