Preparing For TV Beyond Windows Vista http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/06/preparing-for-tv-beyond-windows-vista.html
Excellent blog post Jason. It pretty much summarizes the challenges, they aren't small either. That's a lot of work...
(I'll enjoy my MCE box "as is" for now.)
//jk
John Lockwood
On 17/6/06 04:53, in article , "Jason Tsang" wrote:
Preparing For TV Beyond Windows Vista http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/06/preparing-for-tv-beyond-windows-vista.html
Excellent post Jason. Some good news at long, long, last from Microsoft.
For a long time (must be 2 years now) I have been considering an MCE system for my main TV setup, unfortunately Microsoft (even in Vista) still do not support DVB-S (or DVB-C) which are required for DIGITAL Premium TV in Europe (as opposed to last centuries analog method). I spent a hell of lot of time looking at cases, PSUs, Video adaptors, fans, tuner cards, etc. while waiting for Microsoft to get the act together. In the end I built a small very cheap MCE system for DVB-T more for music management than anything.
Now, there is hope for the future that a full blown DVB-S2 system will be possible. (Although discussions on the Internet suggestion it will no longer be possible for hobbiests to build their own and get support for protected TV).
However, there is still in my mind a major area of concern, despite the presentation in the above blog. While DVB-S, CI (Common Interface for conditional access modules), MHEG, and even DVB-S2 are all mentioned, there is not a single word about MPEG4 H.264 (aka. MPEG4 AVC) which is required for European DVB-S2 transmissions.
This new MCE will need to not only be able to record MPEG4, but also play it back (within the live and recorded TV modules rather than just the video module).
On 17/6/06 04:53, in article e82DMockGHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, "Jason
Tsang" <jason-onlineDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote:
Preparing For TV Beyond Windows Vista
http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/06/preparing-for-tv-beyond-windows-vista.html
Excellent post Jason. Some good news at long, long, last from Microsoft.
For a long time (must be 2 years now) I have been considering an MCE system
for my main TV setup, unfortunately Microsoft (even in Vista) still do not
support DVB-S (or DVB-C) which are required for DIGITAL Premium TV in Europe
(as opposed to last centuries analog method). I spent a hell of lot of time
looking at cases, PSUs, Video adaptors, fans, tuner cards, etc. while
waiting for Microsoft to get the act together. In the end I built a small
very cheap MCE system for DVB-T more for music management than anything.
Now, there is hope for the future that a full blown DVB-S2 system will be
possible. (Although discussions on the Internet suggestion it will no longer
be possible for hobbiests to build their own and get support for protected
TV).
However, there is still in my mind a major area of concern, despite the
presentation in the above blog. While DVB-S, CI (Common Interface for
conditional access modules), MHEG, and even DVB-S2 are all mentioned, there
is not a single word about MPEG4 H.264 (aka. MPEG4 AVC) which is required
for European DVB-S2 transmissions.
This new MCE will need to not only be able to record MPEG4, but also play it
back (within the live and recorded TV modules rather than just the video
module).
On 17/6/06 04:53, in article , "Jason Tsang" wrote:
Preparing For TV Beyond Windows Vista http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/06/preparing-for-tv-beyond-windows-vista.html
Excellent post Jason. Some good news at long, long, last from Microsoft.
For a long time (must be 2 years now) I have been considering an MCE system for my main TV setup, unfortunately Microsoft (even in Vista) still do not support DVB-S (or DVB-C) which are required for DIGITAL Premium TV in Europe (as opposed to last centuries analog method). I spent a hell of lot of time looking at cases, PSUs, Video adaptors, fans, tuner cards, etc. while waiting for Microsoft to get the act together. In the end I built a small very cheap MCE system for DVB-T more for music management than anything.
Now, there is hope for the future that a full blown DVB-S2 system will be possible. (Although discussions on the Internet suggestion it will no longer be possible for hobbiests to build their own and get support for protected TV).
However, there is still in my mind a major area of concern, despite the presentation in the above blog. While DVB-S, CI (Common Interface for conditional access modules), MHEG, and even DVB-S2 are all mentioned, there is not a single word about MPEG4 H.264 (aka. MPEG4 AVC) which is required for European DVB-S2 transmissions.
This new MCE will need to not only be able to record MPEG4, but also play it back (within the live and recorded TV modules rather than just the video module).
