[streaming] Re: need to set up a US digital TV demo

[Jerry Scharf]

--On 08/09/2003 03:37:02 PM +0200 Tristan Leteurtre wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 09, 2003, Benjamin PRACHT wrote:
>> Certainly  a  silly  question,  but aren't  US  terrestrial  digital  TV
>> operators using a different standard than DVB (I thought it was the case
>> at leat for satellite digital TV)...
>
> Well, as stated on
> http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/public_html/research/future-net/digital-video/d
> vb.html
>
>
> "Milestones in DVB / MPEG-2
> (...)
> - 24th December 1996, U.S. Government adopts DTV as first step towards a
> U.S. digital terrestrial network"
>
> So, the hauppauge nova-T should also be ok to received DVB US digital
> terrestrial TV.
>
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> Tristan
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Tristan,

I'm not so sure of this. ATSC is the group that defines US terrestrial DTV. 
It uses MPEG2 but I think it uses QAM modulation unlike DVB. Hauppauge 
makes different cards to receive DTV and DVB. My understanding is that the 
boards are very close, so I may drop the $ and buy one and try to figure 
out what I need to do to get it to work. I know there is a driver that 
supports both, so that's very hopeful.

Thank you so much for the info on not using the s-video outputs. You 
mention some set top boxes. which ones do you know that would work with VLS 
in this mode? I had ruled these out in my mind because I assumed they would 
not work with local software. A set top box would make the perfect demo.

I'm out for a few days, but will get back to this as soon as I get back in 
town.

jerry

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