Freesat BBC HD Problem.

[windynook]

I am new to SageTV. I am using latest versions on a trial basis.

I added a Nova S2 satellite card and have installed SageTV (for WHS) on my WHS. I used the WHS consol to install software, and downloaded latest hardware XP drivers from Hauppauge.

I then installed SageTV client on my Vista 64 PC. The channel search completed sucessflly, and includes BBC HD, though not ITV HD.

The channels work fine except for BBC HD which produces a play back error code 0x80040217.

The H.264 video decoder filter does not list any known video decoders even though I had Power DVD ultra Ver 9 intalled at the time I installed STV client. Since installng STV client have added powercinema ver5, but still do not see any known H.264 decoders. When I list all decoders I cannot find any that solve the problem, and none include H.264 in their title.

Am I looking in the right place to solve this problem? Why is the PowerDVD decoder not listed? Any help would be appreaciated. I do not know how to manually add a decoder, but I am a quick learner. Thanks

[windynook]

After searching the Forum I have tried ffdshow, and cyberlink H.264 codec, packs after installing them on my STV client. Both provide good picture quality on BBC HD, but I am experiencing the same sound break problem reported by other users.

Would installing the codecs on the WHS, on which I run my STV server, help?

Has anyone found a solution to this sound problem?

Thanks

[brewston]

You are about at the point I got to, before I gave up and bought an HD200 !

codecs definitely need to be installed on the client, not server. I think I used CoreAVC to get BBC HD displayed...

[windynook]

I tracked down the cause of the BBC HD sound problem on my setup.

I am using Trial versions of the latest STV WHS and STV client editions. My hardware is an AMD based mother board with ATI 3200 graphics on the board. I have had BBC HD working in both XP pro, Vista 32 and Vista 64. I am using the Nova S2 card

My sound problem was caused by FFDShow codec. Not selecting the FFDShow codec in STV, or even uninstalling the software makes no difference to the problem once the software has been installed. IF you have it on your computer, and are have the sound problem, then you may want to try rolling back to an Image made before FFDShow installation or try creating a clean build. Rolling back to an earlier Image worked for me.

I am using the H.264 codec which I purchased from cyberlink. I supports hardware accelleration and the pictures and spound are really good.

I have not yet tried ITV HD so I do not know if the H.264 codec will work on this channel.

I hope people find this helpful. SageTV were not very impressed when I informed technical support.

I am now turning my attention the the EPG. I am using tvtv but many channels are missing.

[Lucas]

Originally Posted by windynook

I have not yet tried ITV HD so I do not know if the H.264 codec will work on this channel.

Should be OK with the latest native recording patch.

[keefb]

Originally Posted by brewston

You are about at the point I got to, before I gave up and bought an HD200 !

codecs definitely need to be installed on the client, not server. I think I used CoreAVC to get BBC HD displayed...

Brewston, you sound like just the person I need to contact. I have an HD200 on order, & I have a dual Nova DVD-T card in my WHS running the sageTV server. I am looking to put a Nova-S2 HD DVB-S2 in the server to get Freesat & ITV/BBC HD channels. Have you cracked this yet with the HD200?

[brewston]

Originally Posted by keefb

Brewston, you sound like just the person I need to contact. I have an HD200 on order, & I have a dual Nova DVD-T card in my WHS running the sageTV server. I am looking to put a Nova-S2 HD DVB-S2 in the server to get Freesat & ITV/BBC HD channels. Have you cracked this yet with the HD200?

Yes, I have it all working. Has been for a while... Its all server side config though, nothing to do with the HD200 (apart from not having to mess around with codecs etc ) as a quick & rough guide using Digiguide & Stephane's importer:

install Digiguide and setup all the channels (freeview & freesat)
install your tuner cards and drivers, check they can be seen in Sage - run a scan on both
install stephane's importer and the DG2XML bits. Create 2 lineups, freeview & freesat
go into Sage and match the lineups to the tuners. Unlike most people, I don't edit down the .frq file after the first scan, I just disable all channels and enable the ones I have EPG data for.

[keefb]

Brewston,

Man thanks for this. Glad to hear that it all works as expected. I assumed that the setup was all on the server. Do you get the Freesat radio channels? I know SageTV doesn't yet do DVB-T radio. I hope it's in V7.

[brewston]

No radio channels. Sage won't do audio without video I believe...