Dartman555
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I HAVE A SETUP WITH A TECNOTREND BUDGET CARD FOR TELEWEST AND DID NOT HAVE TO BUY ANY Funcard programmer AND MINE WORK PERFECTLY
DVB - PC Cards Ixalons guide to dvb-c - Noobs please read!!!!
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3oogie
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wellk written tut.cheers garlic bread.you made something i found difficult to get my noggin around easy.
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Methanoid
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Nice guide Garlicbread!
What I didnt get was the benefit of using a Cam?
Does the soft Cam take a lot of CPU power or take longer to clear a channel on channel change?
I think Softcam might be more useful as most CI slots take another PCI slot (Floppy DTV is expensive - twice the price!!)
Would the list of hardware needed be as follows?
DVB-C card like TT-1501 (1500 seems to be no longer sold)
MM Funcard6 (this has more memory and can both reprogram the CAM and act as key card) - about £7
FunProgrammer USB £26 but needed to program the Funcard!
Joker Cam - can be got currently for around £20 as its not up to date like Trex/Dragon but it works still?
As you use MediaPortal can you use Softcam with that?
What I didnt get was the benefit of using a Cam?
Does the soft Cam take a lot of CPU power or take longer to clear a channel on channel change?
I think Softcam might be more useful as most CI slots take another PCI slot (Floppy DTV is expensive - twice the price!!)
Would the list of hardware needed be as follows?
DVB-C card like TT-1501 (1500 seems to be no longer sold)
MM Funcard6 (this has more memory and can both reprogram the CAM and act as key card) - about £7
FunProgrammer USB £26 but needed to program the Funcard!
Joker Cam - can be got currently for around £20 as its not up to date like Trex/Dragon but it works still?
As you use MediaPortal can you use Softcam with that?
cafe.racer
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You answered your own question there! AFAIK Softcams take more CPU and longer to change channels etc. Also, I understand that AU is a right pain to setup with a softcam, plus the software used is no longer being developed... but I suppose you can cross that bridge when you come to it.
MCE won't use a softcam, unless you go via dvbsbridge which is limited to one tuner.
The FloppyDTV and the other DVB-C/CI cards take up an additional PCI slot, but there is a mounting bracket to mount the FloppyDTV in a 5" drive bay. Also, there is the FireDTV which is an external box connected by Firewire.
Floppy/FireDTV's and CAMs do add to the price, though, although the general consensus is that the FloppyDTV "just works" compared to the TT cards.
I have to say, the above comes from someone who's never tried TT Cards or Softcams
MCE won't use a softcam, unless you go via dvbsbridge which is limited to one tuner.
The FloppyDTV and the other DVB-C/CI cards take up an additional PCI slot, but there is a mounting bracket to mount the FloppyDTV in a 5" drive bay. Also, there is the FireDTV which is an external box connected by Firewire.
Floppy/FireDTV's and CAMs do add to the price, though, although the general consensus is that the FloppyDTV "just works" compared to the TT cards.
I have to say, the above comes from someone who's never tried TT Cards or Softcams
I started to do this 3 weeks ago.
I started with a TT C-1500 and Softcam, Never got Media Portal to work right and DVB Veiwer took an age to change channels. (Oh, Just to note the TwinHan Cab-CI is even worse than the TT 1500)
I'm now running a Floppy DTV C/CI & BlueZeta (Joker 0.79) and could not be happier.
Spend the extra now and save your self more hassle than anything, I was lucky and was able to sell the TT 1500.
I started with a TT C-1500 and Softcam, Never got Media Portal to work right and DVB Veiwer took an age to change channels. (Oh, Just to note the TwinHan Cab-CI is even worse than the TT 1500)
I'm now running a Floppy DTV C/CI & BlueZeta (Joker 0.79) and could not be happier.
Spend the extra now and save your self more hassle than anything, I was lucky and was able to sell the TT 1500.
Methanoid
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I was not asking about MCE but MediaPortal which is a different application and much less restrictive.
Klutsch, why didnt you try the TT1500 with the Joker cam - no need for Softcam and no need to have bought the FloppyDTV?!???? Or did you try that? With mediaPortal?
I didn't have the CAM or Ci at the time I had the 1500. I got frustrated with it, always failing to tune into FTA channels.
I went to the Floopy DTV as the case I intend to use now wont house a full size PCI card.
