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1. Import Expat Clear All f Ok Figure 4 8 Channel list Channels To import an existing channel list to DVBViewer TE click the button Import in the channel list and choose the file which contains the channel data 32 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels n DVBWiewerTE ei Name Date modif Type ey Ji Images Recent Places 2 ee di Plugins di Satellites i Skins 3 timelline ini sE channellist ini tdsdwbtds a Computer File name channellist ini a E ied OO 4 9 Import Channel list Open windc list Open window The information will be added to the existing channel list The following file types can be imported to the DVBViewer TE TechniSat Program List txt Microsoft Access Database mdb SatcoDX Channels sdx Ini File ini To export your current channel list e g for backup click the Export button in the channel list and specify the destination directory and file name in i Videos A L Mame Date taken Tags oh Recent Places y g tdsdwbtds A Computer File name channellist ICE S ou 4 10 Export Channel list Save As w list Save As window The DVBViewer TE channel list can be exported to the following file types Ini File ini 33 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managin2. i 8 Watching TV advanced features 8 HDD a a esc aneeshatti tc Ra aD ee ee eno are eee ee 8 ChRINNEllist leale iii 9 Eroe iii coe caldi iti ete aed eee eae dir arie i ae 10 Telextra balli debile 14 SUDIC aeneon 14 Configure TNE application ail re 16 General Options iii 16 ENNANCSed Oplions ssu toilet 17 Controltne applicalio tunisia eat 19 KOVDOIT sse ra a iii 19 Mouse WNC h seen E LA I RR 20 TechniSat Remote Control with RS232 IR receiver 21 Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR i 22 UMM eine pl 22 Necessary SELINGS ciiill leali 22 Record programs mantay essemus 23 Record programs automatically i 23 Add events to recorder manually 24 Add events to recorder using the EPG 25 Play recorded programs with DVBViewer TE i 26 Play files with DVBViewer TE 26 Play files with third party software e 26 Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels 27 UNN A a N E E ON 27 SV StakZ POCUS Bi eerst a E 27 Egitexsing Channels esie e AEAN 21 Edit satellite parameters DiSEqC settings 28 Add Remove channels Manually i 29 Scan TOF NEW channels spl ai leali 31 1 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Table of contents Import Export c
3. Channel Scan Euronews EH video a BBC 2A BBE ar a Te Polish E E Portuguese Ee English H E French Es German 3 Arabic Efe Bengali fe Urdu gH Italian DD Faroese H E Standard E E Georgian fe Tamil E Thai 4c PUN E Turkish H Korean Ho Russian H Spanish E E Caledonie H E Kurdish H Burmese H E Chinese a 4 32 Channel list ME before and after channel move 49 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming Summary This chapter will introduce the IP multicast streaming functionalities which are part of the DVBViewer TE Recommended system requirements e Supported operating systems Windows 2000 Professional Server service pack 4 required Windows XP Home Edition Professional service pack 2 required e Two computer systems both equipped with fast Ethernet network adapter cards which are capable to handle at least 100MBit s e Direct connection cable e 100 1000 Mbit s Ethernet switch e 100 1000 Mbit s Ethernet hub Important information This HOWTO requires two computer systems which are configured to operate in a local area network LAN environment The internal IP network settings should be configured correctly and the wiring and distribution components should be connected correctly To stream a normal TV station you have to ensure that your network is capable to handle a transfer
4. Scan Devices button for refreshing the device list Watching TV introduction Main window Figure 2 10 main window during DVB reception The main window is divided into three areas e The first is the menu bar which contains text based options to the user T Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE e The second is the display area This is the window where TV programs are displayed The On Screen display and the EPG info will also be displayed in this area e The third is the control and tool bar This area provides access to main functionalities of DVBViewer TE such as EPG teletext PVR time shift and the volume control Control and tool Bar Figure 2 11 control and tool bar during DVB reception To start the time shift function of DVBViewer TE simply press the Play Pause button If you press the Play Pause button again the time shift toggles from paused to playback If you press the Stop button time shift will stop and DVBViewer TE switches back to live playback The left and right buttons are used to switch channels up and down The next two buttons will open and close the teletext window and the EPG window which are both described in this manual The record button is used to start and stop manual recordings The button indicates that a recording is running when it is colored gray The left slider ind
5. SkyStar USB The multicast server is equipped with a SkyStar USB card and correctly connected to a dish The satellite on which the dish is aligned to and the channel which will be streamed over the LAN is not important in this example The connection between both systems will be realized with a cross over network cable for direct connection It is also possible to use a 100 1000MBit s network switch or a 100 1000MBit s Ethernet hub 51 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming On our server we open Settings gt Options and change to the Recorder tab Options Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the DWB Viewer D General IP Settings 9 Enhanced E Teletext amp EPG Network Interface D Recorder 192 168 238 238 eee Network E E Input IP Address 3 Hardware E Scheduler 2240 00 Figure 5 2 Options menu Network Here you have to configure the necessary options for the IP multicast stream First you have to choose the IP address of the network interface the multicast stream is sent for distribution In our example the network interface has the IP 192 168 0 1 The second information which is necessary for IP multicast is the multicast address and the port the stream is located on If the MC IP is valid MC IP field is filled with green colour If the IP is invalid the field is red Th
6. BBCNEWS 24 gt ETY S BBC TES 3 BBC FOUR gt BBC FOUR NAR BBC THREE S BBC THREE NAR g BBC1NI Import Export Clear All Figure 4 29 Channellist Channels 46 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Now we switch to the edit tab and replace the category name named BSkyB with BBC and press the update button gt Channellist Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan the automatic channel scan Name C Lie Root Astra 24 28 20 Eurobird Root Category BSkyB Category BBC E Encrypted ClAC3 E Encrypted FJ Acs Frequency MHz 10773 Frequency MHz 10773 Symbolrate 22000 fl Symbolrate 22000 AUTO 5000 Video PID 5000 Audio PID 5001 Teletext PID 5003 Video PID Audio PID 5001 Teletext PID 5003 261 6301 service ID 6301 pessan Nene 9750 m LOF MHz 9750 PMT PID 261 sc c mao Figure 4 30 Channel list Channel and Edit 47 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Now there is a new category named BBC at the top of the channel list Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Search Fi
7. It toggles between the XP style icon set and a alternative icon set Use Skin Engine This option toggles the skin engine of DVBViewer TE on off Hide the mouse cursor in fullscreen mode in secs This option configures the timeout when the mouse cursor will be hidden in full screen mode Hide the title bar This option toggles the title bar on off and is available with disabled skin engine only Prevent Screen saver This option toogles the screen saver prevention on off Use first CPU This option enables the usage of the first CPU within SMP HT Dual Core systems 16 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Language Here you can select the GUI language Select the required language and press the set button EIA 608 Closed caption This option configures the delay transmission and appearance of closed captions if available Enhanced options Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer _j General Enhanced E 9 Teletext amp EPG Teletext EPG SiehFern Info Enhanced E Ignore Errormessages Show Error only on OSD V Remember the last channel MV Zapping Delay in milliseconds Subtitles Recorder Network E Input Hardware E Scheduler Render Output Show DVB Wiewer in i Taskbar only MR 9 i F Fast channelzwitch V Use DWB Source for files O System tray only
8. Multiple device If you have installed a multiple number of compatible TechniSat DVB cards USB devices DVBViewer TE will automatically recognize the devices installed at the first startup You will be able to use your TechniSat DVB PC Stars devices within the same session of DVBViewer TE but not simultaneously It is possible to switch from one device to another device similar to the multituner system used within the TechniSat HD Vision 32 The simultaneous operation of multiple devices is not supported within fror DVBViewer TE You will not be able to record one channel while you watch another channel If you scheduled a recording DVBViewer TE will start the recording without any further information to the user DVBViewer TE will use the required device for this operation automatically 6 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OYE Viewer DI General Hardware E Enhanced Ri 5 Teletext amp EPG Device Recorder C Network a E Input scheduler E Mode for low Bandwidth USB 1 1 Stop Stream while tuning Figure 2 9 Options menu Hardware If you add or remove one or more TechniSat DVB PC Stars devices you have to update the device list manually For this operation you must start the options menu and open the hardware menu Here you have to click onto the
9. Show in bath Ok Cancel Figure 2 25 Options Enhanced Ignore Error messages Toggles error messages on off Show Error only on OSD Disables enables error messages shown as overlay and not as pop up window Remember the last channel If this option is enabled DVBViewer TE will tune the last channel after startup automatically Zapping Delay in milliseconds The delay time will be use to delay channel switch command Show Controlbar Toggles the controlbar on off and is available with disabled skin engine only Render Output Configures the render output format Fast channelswitch Toggles the fast channel switching feature on off If this option is enabled DVBViewer will not retune if the selected channel is located on the current transponder 17 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Show DVB Viewer in This option toggles the appearance of DVBViewer TE between the taskbar the system tray or both The other option windows are described within the following chapters of this document within the chapter context 18 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Control the application Keyboard A list of assigned keyboard commands is given in Appendix B If you want to change the default settings to your needs you might do this using the Keyboard tab i
10. TO Motrapicon Main window is available by starting program again Cancel M Transmitter settings A Inverted hardware carier DTA C Te Contig C Program FilesDWVeviemerTE Mechnizat ch Browse Figure 2 6 WinLIRC Configuration completed Configure USB HID IR Receiver If you have a USB IR receiver you select the third option and press the OK button Remote Control Please select your A receiver E Bitte w hlen sie Ihren IA Empf nger EE Choisir votre recepteur IR s v p EI Selezione vostra ricevente IR per favore To No Remote T Use WinLire Use USB HID a eg cn Figure 2 7 Remote Control selection Use USB HID Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE The USB HID IR receiver uses keyboard commands to control the application No additional configuration is required Device support No device If no compatible TechniSat DVB device is available during startup of DVBViewer TE the following error message will appear Figure 2 8 Message No valid DVB device found DVBViewer TE can be used as multimedia player for files which where recorded with this application Single device If you use one single device with DVBViewer TE the application will recognize the used device automatically and present the GUI for the used frontend type DVB S DVB T DVB C
11. PD eget b m 2ch ei ZDF dd se i ZDFintokanal i ge D Fdokukanal O io begi ZDFtheaterkanal i i Los Osa i i beg Seat 2ch i i EB Beat dd Da Eika 2 TechmiSat DE A TechniTipp TY i 4 ARD i i i WDR Aachen gt WOR Wuppertal eg WORA Bonn WDA Duisburg nef Radio Bremen TY i i i SR Femsehen A MTY Networks Europe p MTY Music P MTY Germany MTY Pulse a Import ren Export ced e Figure 4 17 Channel list Channels To import an existing channel list to DVBViewer TE click the button Import in the channel list and choose the file which contains the channel data 38 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels n DVBWiewerTE Mame Date modif Type Ji Images p Language p Plugins di Satellites i Skins 3 timelline ini sE channellist ini tdsdwbtds a Computer File name channellist ini Fie okies ie Figure 4 18 Import Channel list Open wind list Open window The information will be added to the existing channel list The following file types can be imported to the DVBViewer TE TechniSat Program List txt Microsoft Access Database mdb SatcoDX Channels sdx Ini File ini To export your current channel list e g for backup click the Export button in the channel list and specify the destination directory and file name in i Videos ui L Mame Date
12. Subtitle is available If you enable Show Subtitle the recorded subtitle will be shown in display area Selecting the menu View gt Show Subtitle again will disable the subtitle display The teletext subtitle function requires a channel with teletext and at least one subtitle page If the channel does not provide teletext information this option is unavailable The DVB subtitle function requires a channel with DVB subtitle information If the channel does not provide those data this option is unavailable 15 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Configure the application Within the DVBViewer TE options menu you can configure most functionalities of DVBViewer TE to your needs First the general and enhanced options are introduced General options Within the general options you can configure the main settings of DVBViewer TE Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer Settings GE Enhanced E G Teletext amp EPG UsesaP loon Style Teletext EPG V Hide the mouse cursor in fullscreen mode in secs 2 SiehFern Info Hide the Titlebar Subtitles W Prevent Screen saver 9 Recorder EUe first CPU only J Network E Input J Hardware E Scheduler Language English Figure 2 24 Options General Use XP Icon Style This option can be used only while the skin engine is disabled
13. insert the content into the display area This option is useful if you want to know which program is currently running and which program follows To display the EPG data into the view area select DVBViewer TE gt Show EPG Fil DVBVIEWER CHANNEL VIEW SETTINGS E 134 CNN Int 13 00 WORLD NEWS ASIA 14 00 WORLD NEWS CNA OAOA Figure 2 14 main window during DVB reception with EPG OSD There are a couple of designs for the EPG onscreen display available To change the settings open the options window and select Teletext amp EPG 10 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer q General EPG E Enhanced Send to PWR E Teletext amp EPG Do hot recenwe EFG Data Teletext V Automatic Offset Lead Time m 3 EPG difference to GMT 2 Follow up Time m 3 SiehFern Info p Subtitles Recorder Semi Transparent Display Style 5 Network Gg Input J Hardware 438 VOX GE Scheduler 12 15 Nash Bridges Render Output Sample 13 30 Eine Himmileche Familie Figure 2 15 Options menu EPG Here you can change the appearance settings for the EPG display If you choose Do not receive EPG Data the EPG display won t work caused by the fact that no EPG data will be available The option Automatic Offse
14. AL CANARIAS eng d Travel France Bi Italye Spain Portugal Gb BeNeLux S Eastern Europe Import Export Clear Al Figure 2 13 Channellist Channels The Channels tab of the channel list is arranged like a directory tree Choose your satellite choose the type of content Video or Audio and select your channel To choose a channel you have to double click onto this channel DVBViewer TE switches directly to the selected one For information about editing existing channels or scan for new channels read chapter 5 MPEG 4 H 264 content is marked with the suffix h 264 within the channel i list Please note that you need to have a special H 264 decoder installed for MPEG 4 H 264 playback If no MPEG 4 H 264 decoder is present those channels cannot be started 9 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE EPG The Electronic Program Guide is a service of the DVB technology which offers additional information about the running program to end users DVBViewer TE is capable to receive that kind of information and offers two methods of presenting that information Not all TV station provides EPG data That information can only be displayed if the chosen TV channel provides EPG data AN Please ensure that the current system date and time is set up correctly EPG onscreen display The first method is to
15. DVB PC TV Stars User s Guide DVBViewer TE This manual covers the following products TechniSat SkyStar HD2 TechniSat CableStar HD2 Document Release Date December 07 Copyright TechniSat Digital GmbH All Rights Reserved TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Table of contents Chapters NTrod C hOM seas E OA 1 Defining the TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars cccceccceeeceecceeeseeeseeeseeeaeeeseeeaeees 1 Defining SkyStar 2 PCIUSB iii 1 Defining Airotar 2 PCWWSB scot ia a aaa 1 Defining CableStar 2 PClI 1 Using IP services with a DVB PC TV Star Device 1 using printed Nel ahaa bas ceca cance cee eci earn 1 User sguide CONVENTIONS snai 1 ISON Task Summa oe reali 2 Step one Watch TV with DVBViewer TE 2 Step two Using DVBViewer TE as PVR ii 2 Step three Managing TV radio channelSs i 2 step four P Mulicasts lro a a 2 Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE 3 SUMA aaa T E RARA RA OE 3 ll 8 re al iatale ae de 3 Configure COM Port IR Receiver WinLIRC 4 Configure USB HID IR Receiver 5 DEVICES SUD DONE ice ite at etal on et A atau t 6 INO CO VIC Crore chao cada atte ai ii 6 SNIE dEVC E atea ret 6 WIUITIDIG deviene OA 6 Watching TV introduction i T Main WIIG OW cosie araa a a a a a T Control and tool Bar
16. Options menu Control Mouse Wheel 20 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE TechniSat Remote Control with RS232 IR receiver A list of assigned commands is given in Appendix B for the current TechniSat remote controls If you want to change the default settings to your needs you might do this using the WinLIRC tab in Settings gt Control Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer _j General E Enhanced E 9 Teletext amp EPG Teletext EPG SiehFern Info Subtitles Recorder Network 2 E Input keyboard Mouse Hardware Scheduler Figure 2 28 Options menu Control WinLIRC WIRLIRC Key Pause Always On Top Hide Menu Show Statusbar Show Toolbar Fullscreen BACK Exit POWER Channel List Channel Minus Channel Plus AN If you use a remote control with the USB IR receiver you have to configure the settings of the remote control within the keyboard configuration The USB IR receiver uses keyboard commands to control the application The USB IR receiver is not compatible with WinLIRC 21 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR Summary This chapter shows how to use the built in PVR functionalities for recording and playback of DVBViewer TE a
17. Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Scan for new channels Another way of adding new channels is the Channel Scan Edit and Tune Channels f Allows to change the channel list and i the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Target Foot Astra 24 268 20 Eurobird Reception Type Satelite r Transponder List Astra 24 25 20 Eurabird 1 LOF1 LOF LOFSW DisegC 9750 10600 11700 gt PosB Opta Sumbolrates 22000 27500 Frequency MHz 10714 End Frequency MHz 12656 Status Polarity Frequency Found Symbolrate di ue i Sort by Provider UT Scan amp Update i Sort by Frequency E Free To Air scan h age SG PRON IL SIR import Export Clear 4ll Ok Figure 4 7 Channel list Channel Scan To start a channel scan you should select a satellite root first DVBViewer TE will scan for channels using a transponder list for the satellite system selected If you want to scan for channels without a transponder list Then only enter a name for the satellite which is not used by the existing lists After selecting the root list you have to select the used LNB type The default Ku L Band LNB is used for frequencies between 10 7 and 12 75GHz with linear polarization The other LNB type options are Ku C Band for circular polarization and C Band You need to enter a name for the scann
18. annels or to update one root of the existing channel list You need to choose your region Europe Australia or Taiwan and to enter the start and end frequency If you want to update an existing channel list for your DVB T region check the Scan amp Update option Press the Scan button to start the scanning process AN The scan procedure might take several minutes to complete After the procedure has been completed you will find the added channels browsing the specified root name in the channel list If you updated an existing root the channels which do not longer exist should be removed and new channels should be added to the list Import Export channel lists with DVBViewer TE The third option for adding channels to the DVBViewer TE is to import an existing channel list For this purpose you need a channel list provided as a file 43 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels s annellist_ Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edt Channel Scan Search ME H S Astra 19 E Hotbird 13 E 4 Astra 1D 34 3 Astra 24 2B 2D Eurobird Hw TEST GS Terrestrial Network S Video E 191500 ey 498000 fe Audio Gem ok Figure 4 26 Channel list Channels To import an existing channel list to the DVBViewer TE click the button Import in the cha
19. d NAR LOF MHz a750 F DISEAC Pos 4 0 pt B Add Delete Update cb BBCTES3 ig BBC FOUR BBC FOUR NAR BBC THREE BBC THREE NAR BBC1NI Import Espot Clear All Figure 4 3 Channel list Channels and Edit To add a new channel you have to enter the necessary values press Add Figure 4 4 Channel list add channel popup message and confirm the appearing message This channel is now added to your channel list To remove an existing channel you have to select a channel using the tree view of the channel list and select a TV station Then switch to the Edit tab and click the button Delete 29 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Figure 4 5 Channel list delete channel popup message and confirm the appearing message This channel is now removed from the channellist To clear all channels from the channel list you have to click the button Clear All Q Do you really want to delete all channels dg cms Figure 4 6 Channel list delete all channels popup message and confirm the appearing message The channel list will be cleared completely If you clear an existing channel list all information will be deleted Please create a backup of your channel list before clearing with the channel list export function of DVBViewer TE 30
20. e modif Type Size Tags ay This folder is empty Recent Places Desktop Save as type EPG Data htm html Figure 2 18 Save as dialog Enter the location and the name of the files and press the Save button All known EPG data will be combined into a set of HTML files which can be displayed with a web browser 7 Pegi ue ici Ge DVR Views A ndows Internet Fenlorer Ebats e EEE i e w ai A DvEviewer EPG fim BD der page forte lt BR Rem Do 24 05 2007 02 00 DW TV i certe PetriWedera Miss jm ie Compute Protected Mode OFF IMs Figure 2 19 Browser with opened DVBViewer TE HTML EPG The second option is the capability of sending programs directly to the DVBViewer TE recorder module This option is described in chapter 4 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR 13 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Teletext Using DVBViewer TE you also gain access to the teletext services of most TV stations Open the teletext window by using the Teletext button in Toolbar or using the menu DVBViewer TE gt Teletext This service 15 no longer available Figure 2 20 Teletext window The use of this application is very simple Enter the page number using the number buttons in the toolbar of the Teletext window or enter those numbers using your keyboard or remote control Use the forward reverse button nearb
21. e multicast IP range is specified in RFC 1112 Aug 01 1989 and the following RFC documents Multicast IP addresses are defined to the range between 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 If you want to send the stream to all clients in your subnet you have to use the multicast IP 224 0 0 1 For further information about multicast IP addresses you should read the RFC document The multicast port number you have to choose can be chosen from the range between 0 and 65500 You should not use the first 1024 ports because they are reserved used by IP services In our example we use the multicast IP 224 0 0 1 for all clients in the local subnet and the port number 7792 Now press OK to confirm the settings and close the options window Now you can start the multicast IP streaming 52 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming Mpa DYEVEWER CHANNEL MEW SET IMSS Always On Top Hrde Menu Show statusbar Show Toolbar Show Subtrtles Desktop TV Fullscreen Multicast Milton Ernest Figure 5 3 Main window View menu with disabled multicast option To initialise the multicast stream choose View gt Multicast Now the current channel will be sent to the selected network interface To receive and view the data stream a streaming client is required In our example we use the application VLC Media Player This open source application is available at the project websi
22. eam pla Jack If you want to stop the streaming client playback simply press the stop button If you want to stop the streaming server of DVBViewer TE you have to uncheck the Multicast option in View menu Fia DYETYIEWER CHANNEL MEW SETTINGS r Always On Top 4 Hide Menu Show Statusbar Show Toolbar Show Subtitles DesktopTV Fullscreen Multicast Figure 5 8 Main w Window View menu with enabled roe SAI 55 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Appendix A TechniSat remote control and keyboard commands Appendix A TechniSat remote control and keyboard commands TechniSat TS35 Recorder window Aspect ratio Exit Mute Start stop recording Number field Show hide menu EPG info Channel up down Volume up down Pause resume EPG window Full screen 100 size 200 size 50 size Desktop TV Teletext Stop Figure B 1 TechniSat remote control T35 default configuration 1 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Appendix A TechniSat remote control and keyboard commands TechniSat TTS35Al Mute Exit Number field Start stop recording Recorderwindow 100 size 200 size 50 size Desktop TV Channel up down 1 Volume up down 1 Pause resume Full screen EPG window EPG info Channel up down 2 Volume up down 2 Menu Aspect ratio Teletext Stop TechniSat Figure B 2 TechniSat remote control TS35AI defa
23. ed element 24 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR Add events to recorder using the EPG For all channels which provides EPG data you might use the EPG window to add recording timers to the recorder timetable EPG the electronic programquide This Window displays the broadcasting events After selecting an event more informations are shown Da NC msn Time Duration Event Tithe HE 12551 5 HHE 12574 Bey 12603 e Technili 1500 07 00 Planet Wissen Flaggen und F ahnen Zeic 16 00 00 15 WDR aktuell 16 15 01 45 daheim amp unterwegs Hotline 01 80 5678 488 12 12 00 00 05 Lokalzeit aus Aachen 18 05 00 15 Hier und Heute Cas blaue Wunder 19 20 0 30 Servicezelti Gesundheit perviceteleton 0190 S678 18 50 00 40 Aktuelle Stunde 18 30 00 30 Lokalzeit aus Aachen UM 20 00 00 15 Taoesschau Details Event Planet Wissen Start Mo 14 05 15 00 Title Flaggen und Fahnen Zeichen im Wind _ Duraton 0 00 Bei der Fubball 4 hM 2006 gab es ein besindrackendes Ph nomen Mie zuvor m der Geschichte gingen die Deutschen 0 urnterkramplit mit ihrer Mationalflagge um SendioPvR saveepa 0K Figure 3 5 EPG window To add events using the EPG you have to open the EPG window Select the event you want to record and press the Send to PVR button This event will be added to t
24. ed root the values for the used LNB and the frequency area you would like to scan If you want to update an existing channel list for a satellite check the Scan amp Update option Press the Scan button to start the scanning process AN The scan procedure might take several minutes to complete 31 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels After the procedure has been completed you will find the added channels browsing the specified root name at the end of the channel list If you updated an existing root the channels which do not longer exist will be removed and new channels should be added to the list Import Export channel lists with DVBViewer TE The third option for adding channels to DVBViewer TE is to import existing channel lists For this purpose you need a channel list provided as a file Felit and Tune Channels fh Alluves lo change Une diarmielliztanu the automatic charnel scan t Channels Edt Charnol Scar Search BBTNEWS 24 so BSky3 i LG ITVI Ariglia S i LS TYT Anglia w i i 4 TTah i LB ITNT TT A i hag ITNT TTS i Las GAI i La WTI neon i ITV Loncon NARI i Pe TW i ITY2 NAR iL ITA i sf ITV1 Cranade ii g ITVI Anglo E i i ITWT Canta Ww if BET London iL HH TI nandan NAH i cf BBL 2 Eagland nd HAR a BE NEWS 24 i i BBD FOUR i ji BEIFOUR RAR i g BBITHREE i 8 RRTTARFF ING Pali
25. for this channel will be added to the current channel list 40 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Add Remove Update channels manually If you want to add or remove channels manually you also have to use the Edit tab Edit and Tune Channels Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Name Gs Astra 19 E Boot Terrestrial Network Hs Hotbird 13 E jt Astra 10 36 Astra 24 28 2D Eurobird Encrypted lacs TEST Frequency MHz 191500 Terrestrial Network EME Video A i El 191500 Bandwidth 7 Mhz i io ey 499000 Category 191500 Video PID 100 Audio PID 201 Teletext PID 0 PMT PID service ID Figure 4 21 Channel list Channels and Edit To add a new channel you have to enter the necessary values press Add Figure 4 22 Channel list add channel popup message and confirm the appearing message This channel is now added to your the channel list To remove an existing channel you have to select a channel using the tree view of the channel list and select a TV station Then switch to the edit tab click the button Delete 41 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radi
26. g TV radio channels CableStar2 PCI Edit existing channels If you want to edit an existing channel in the DVBViewer TE channel list you have to select this channel in the channel list and switch from Channels tab to Edit Edit and Tune Channels A Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan the automatic channel scan Channels Tea Channel Scan Ri fd Edit lt lt Scan Search ZDF Name E CableProvider Root CablePr ovider tc Video i D Ho Pri i i Ls Bg IU Enerypted ZDF 2ch II Frequency tua 306000 8 ZDF dd ZDFinfokanal ial B500 ZDF dokukanal Modulation QAM_64 gh ZDFtheaterkanal Pu Isat SP Jsat 20h Jsat dd Ill Audio PID 120 ii Kika Teletext PID 130 ka 2 TechniSat i pi die 2 Technilipp T PMT PID 100 ji ARD Service ID WOR Aachen ee WOR Wuppertal WOR Bonn WDR Duisburg ff Radio Bremen TY i a SR Femsehen re 0 i E MTY Networks Europe Add Delete E MTV Music MT Euro i cf MTY Germany i MT Pulse Impiort Export Clear ail Ceara ok Import Export Export Clear Al gt Figure 4 11 Channel list Channels and Edit Category ZDFvision Video PID 110 Here you have to enter the new values and press the Update button The changed settings for this channel will be added to the current channel lis
27. gure 4 31 Channel list Channels BBC World Di Video BEL H E Polish ify Portuguese fy English French Me German ii Arabic E E Bengali Fey Urdu i Sy Italian me Faroese EH Standard E Georgian 43 Tamil 4 Thai H PUN EE Turkish E E Korean Russian HS Spanish E Caledonie ey Kurdish fe Burmese Chinese ES ASTY Import Export Team Ok Now we can start to move the channels into this folder by renaming the category or by moving the channels up to the category BBC In our example we now move the channel Euronews to the category BBC 48 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Search Euronews Je Astra 19 E i Hotbird 13 E i 5 rO Video 2 BBC 2 BBC World 45 Polish 5 9 Portuguese E English i a Euronen a Epson TW E Sony TV Asia if Gospel Channel i ge RR Sat promo a TBN Europe g Church Channel Gospel Channel Inspiration Network Daystar Network os Maharshi Open University ee EWTN Europe Bloomberg TY Europe Bloomberg TY UK id PN TY Love World Worde of Peace Maharaji Gospel Channel Lat 3 ABN Channels Edit Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan
28. hannel lists with DVBViewer TE eens 32 O52 6 eye 2 E Renee nea eee ne Re ee nen ene mney ey eee ORC ent eee renee 34 Edit GxISTING channels silla 34 Add Remove Update channels manually 35 Scan Or NEW Channels esanian aA a AN 37 Import Export channel lists with DVBViewer TE i 38 PAM SEAN rF OVOS asa ae cee a a a ella 40 Editexisung CINAIMING S eent ela 40 Add Remove Update channels manually 41 Scan for new channels iii 42 Import Export channel lists with DVBViewer TE eens 43 SORIAG GNANNElS itli ieri ai 46 2 ERE RI 46 Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming xsi eee alal lai pieni 50 IMIR oat Gens ica 50 Recommended system requirement ii 50 Mportantiniomalloi alicell 50 Streaming of one TV channel trough a network 51 Building a network environment for IP streaming esse eeeeeeeeeees 51 Appendix A TechniSat remote control and keyboard commands A TecphSat FoS enni a a A Tec Da CITS JA r E N B Keyboard commandsSs cesses eeaeeseeeaeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseesseeaeeseeseeaeesaes C 2 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Defining the TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Defining SkyStar 2 PCI USB SkyStar 2 PCI is a small board that is pl
29. he appearing message This channel is now added to your channel list To remove an existing channel you have to select a channel using the tree view of the channel list and select a TV station Then switch to the edit tab click the button Delete 35 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Figure 4 14 Channel list delete channel popup message 36 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels and confirm the appearing message This channel is now removed from the channel list To clear all channels from the channel list you have to click the button Clear All Figure 4 15 Channel list delete all channels popup message and confirm the appearing message The channel list should been cleared completely If you clear an existing channel list all information will be deleted Please create a backup of your channel list before clearing using the channel list export function of DVBViewer TE Scan for new channels Another way of adding new channels is the Channel Scan Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edi Channel Scan Target Root CableProvider Reception Type Cable Transponder List Kabel QAM 256 Symbolrates 900 6111 6975 Frequency KHz 50500 End Freque
30. he recorder scheduler and automatically recorded on your hard drive AN If a recording is scheduled and while you are time shifting a TV program the time shift will be canceled without notice and the recording starts immediately 25 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR Play recorded programs with DVBViewer TE Play files with DVBViewer TE To play recorded files with DVBViewer TE open the video using DVBViewer TE gt Open Video or use the Change TV Video Mode button in the tool bar Gn 00 66 Of Figure 3 6 control and tool bar during DVB reception After DVBViewer TE has loaded the file the playback will start immediately BVEMEVVER CHANNEL VIEN SETTINGS eOXING ki POY S oc we ji a A ey x n i 7 l s or 08 mar eee dalia Ni fi So fi loth time ts a e A os en Pr a Rides L i woos io gt a Du be st ya ts saith staupa 000 AG Figure 3 7 main window in playback mode There are several ways of returning to TV mode Choose a channel by using the graphical interface your keyboard or a remote control Play files with third party software Almost every media player e g the Windows Media Player 9 is capable for playback or a file recorded by DVBViewer TE To playback a file the TechniSat DVB software and the DVBViewer TE must be installed in the system S If you want
31. icates the position within the program running This slider indicates the current position only if EPG data are sent as part of the TV channel The right slider is used to control the volume Drawn to the left will decrease the volume drawn to the right will increase the volume Using the yellow loudspeaker buttons you decrease or increase the loudness If you want to mute the DVBViewer TE you have to choose this option in Settings gt Mute or use the mute button at the right to the volume slide bar Watching TV advanced features Time shift Time shift provides the possibility to pause and resume the running program for short breaks After you have paused the current program the DVBViewer starts recording the program After you have resumed the playback of the video you can jump forward and backward within the recorded time OD O0 O00 Of Figure 2 12 control bar during DVB reception The time shift will be started after you have pressed the pause button of the control bar the stop button of your remote control or the ESC key After the time shift has started the DVBViewer TE records the running program into a DVBViewer TE time shift file saved to the My Documents My Videos folder of the All Users profile To resume playback during time shift you have to press the play button in control bar to hold the program again you have to press the pause button again If you are using the keyboard or
32. ice is limited to German channels only EPG window The second method for displaying EPG content in combination with DVBViewer TE is to use the EPG window This is arranged like a TV magazine with programs sorted by channel and time EPG the electronic programguide This window displays the broadcasting events After selecting an event more informations are shown Station Day Time Duration Ewent Title D PA rd no 83 00 Sku News presents all the t man of i e CMM Irt gt Sky News i se a CNBC Europe Ta i EURONEWS eng Fr 13 00 02 00 Lunchtime Live With Kay B Kap Burley presents a com GOD Channel CANAL CANARIAS Lee Travel TH Detail Ewent SK Mewes Today Start Fr 26 05 10 00 Title Sky News presents all the top stories as they break with live reports and updates Sk Duration 02 00 Sky News presents allthe top stones as they break with live reports and updates Sky News as it happens Sendto EVA SaveEPG OK Figure 2 17 EPG window Using the EPG window you gain access to additional information which are not shown within the EPG display It is also possible to save the EPG data to your hard drive as HTML TV magazine For this purpose the Save EPG button opens the save as dialog 12 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Save in F Documents Ode ce Name Dat
33. lite settings Here you have to select the correct DiSEgC settings for the satellite and press update to confirm the change of the DiSEqC parameter Those settings will be valid for all TV and radio channels which are listed within the channel list of this satellite Using the Clear All button you can remove the entire satellite tree of the selected satellite 28 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Add Remove channels manually If you want to add or remove channels manually you also have to use the edit tab Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan search BBC NEWS 24 Ey BSkyB a ITVI Anglia S oD ITV Anglia w Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan a Dae ee ee Channel Scan Mame BC NEWS 24 Root Astra 2A 28 20D Eurobird Category BSkyB F Encrypted t ACI Frequency MHz 10773 TTG41 g TVI TTN eu TVI TT 5 Symbolrate 22000 Horizontal FEC AUTO Video PID 5400 og GA ITVI London Polarity g ITV London NAR FEC gt TV2 TV2 NAR ge TY Audio PID 5401 TVI Granada Teletext PID an g ITV Anglia E ITV Central Ww PMT PID 265 BBC1 London Service ID 5304 8 BBEC1 London MAR RR ondon MAR LNE Selection Nons BEC 2 England BBC 2 Englan
34. n Settings gt Control Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer _j General E Enhanced E 9 Teletext amp EPG Teletext EPG SiehFern Info Subtitles Recorder Network E E Input gt WinLIRG amp Mouse 4 Hardware Scheduler Figure 2 26 Options menu Control Keyboard keyboard Key Pause Always On Top Hide Menu Show Statusbar Show Toolbar Fullscreen Exit Channel List Channel Minus Channel Plus _ A If you use a remote control with the USB IR receiver you also have to configure the settings of the remote control within the keyboard configuration The USB IR receiver uses keyboard commands to control the application The USB IR receiver is not compatible with WinLIRC 19 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Mouse Wheel If you want to change the default settings to your needs you might do this using the Mouse tab in Settings gt Control Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer LS General Mouse Wheel a Enhanced El E Teletext amp EPG Resize Teletext Aspect Ratio ne PI Channel Plus Channel Minus El Station Plus Station Minus SiehFern Info WI Volume Up Volume Down Subtitles Recorder keyboard WinLIRG amp Hardware Scheduler Figure 2 27
35. name the folders in which the channels are located Using this mechanism will create a new folder at the top of the satellite root Please select the channel you would like to place into another category Then switch to the Edit tab and rename the category to the new category name This might be a name which already exists or this might be a new name New categories will be put at the top of the list The other method is to move the channels up and down until they are at the position you prefer For moving one channel up or down press and hold the CAPS key and use the up or down arrows to move the channel up or down It is not possible to move channels from one satellite to another and it is also not possible to move a TV channel into a radio channel list or a radio channel into a TV channel list Example Within our example we want to get all major BBC channels into a folder named BBC Therefore we select one of the BBC channels first in our example the channel BBC 1 London Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Search BBC 1 London EM BSkyB g ITV1 Anglia S gt ITV1 Anglia w TTG4 lt ITVITTN i ie ITVITTS GA gt ITV1 London gS ITV1 London NAR amp ITV2 e ITV2 NAR gt ITV4 ITV1 Granada ng ITV1 Anglia E S ITV1 Central Ww Si BBC 1 London NARI BBC 2 England BBC 2 England NAR gt
36. ncy KHz 858000 Status Polarity Frequency Found Symbolrate Mi oT Sort by Provider Scan amp Update A Sort by Frequency Free To Air Import Export Clear All Ok Figure 4 16 Channel list Channel Scan 37 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels This option should be used to scan for available cable TV channels or to update one root of the existing channel list You need to choose the modulation type in our example QAM64 and to enter the start and end frequency If you want to update an existing channel list for your cable TV system check the Scan amp Update option Press the Scan button to start the scanning process AN The scan procedure might take several minutes to complete After the procedure has been completed you ll find the added channels browsing the specified root name in the channel list If you updated an existing root the channels which do not longer exist should be removed and new channels should be added to the list Import Export channel lists with DVBViewer TE The third option for adding channels to DVBViewer TE is to import an existing channel list For this purpose you need a channel list provided as a file Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Sean Search ZDF st CableProvider El oO Video EI
37. nd also how to play recorded videos with third party software Necessary settings Before you record files for the first time you should be sure that there is enough space available for recording DVB content DVB TV channels could create data rates with up to 25Mbit s For this purpose you need more than 10GB of free hard disc capacity for one hour of recording time Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer A General Directories i Enhanced E 9 Teletext amp EPG Teletext C Users tdsdvbtds Videos HG Timeshift SiehFern Info subtitles C Users tdsdvbtds Videos Settings Network Ba Trot Output Format Keyboard Audio video PS mpeg2 WinLIRG Mouse Hardware 640 ME Scheduler Recorder Vl Split files after Keep Timeshift file Figure 3 1 Options menu Recorder Specify location with enough free available space If you are using the FAT32 file system you have to split files caused by the fact that FAT32 can handle files up to 4GB only In this case you have to check the Split files checkbox You should also split files if you want to backup the recorded files with CD or DVD recorders If you are using NTFS formatted drives and don t want to save files to CD or DVD there is no need to enable the file splitting 22 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR Record pr
38. niSat DVB gt Setup4PC The path shown in this example launches Setup4PC 2 Pay attention to the following This icon designates a note which is an important information to the description above This icon designates a warning which is an important information to the description above 3 The DVB PC TV Stars TV application DVBViewer TechniSat Edition is designated in the following as DVBViewer TE 1 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 1 Introduction User Task Summary Steps to perform basic user tasks are summarized below Step one Watch TV with DVBViewer TE The second chapter introduces you to the main features of DVBViewer TE You will learn how to watch TV and configure DVBViewer TE to your needs Step two Using DVBViewer TE as PVR After you know how to use the DVBViewer TE as a television in chapter 3 you will learn how to use this application as a personal video recorder PVR and playback software for files recorded with the PVR functionality Step three Managing TV radio channels In the fourth chapter you will learn how to manage the channels add remove them and scan a satellite for new channels with the application DVBViewer TE in combination with your type of DVB board SkyStar 2 TV PCI AirStar 2 TV PCI CableStar 2 TV PCI SkyStar USB AirStar USB Step four IP Multicast In this chapter the IP multicast streaming functionalities of DVBVie
39. nnel list and choose the file which contains the channel data Lookin DVEViewerTE T Name Date modif Type ey Images Recent Places J cia di Plugins di Satellites i Skins timeline ini channellist ini tdsdvbtds Computer Ii Network File name channellist ini Files of type Ini File ini Figure 4 27 Import Channel list Open window The information will be added to the existing channel list The following file types can be imported to the DVBViewer TE 44 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels TechniSat Program List txt Microsoft Access Database mdb SatcoDX Channels sdx Ini File ini To export your current channel list e g for backup click the Export button in channel list and specify the destination directory and file name Sawe in H Videos Mase Date taken Tags Fo on Recent Places y tdsdubtds A Computer Ki Network File name channellist T Saveas type lini File ini Figure 4 28 Export Channel list Save As window The DVBViewer TE channel list can be exported into the following file types Ini File ini 45 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Sorting channels Within the DVBViewer TE it is possible to alter the order of the channels One method is to re
40. o channels Figure 4 23 Channel list delete channel popup message and confirm the appearing message This channel is now removed from channel list To clear all channels from the channel list you have to click the button Clear All 2 Do you really want to delete all channels Lu Kn Cancel Figure 4 24 Channel list delete all channels popup message and confirm the appearing message The channel list is cleared completely If you clear an existing channel list all information will be deleted Please create a backup of your channel list before clearing using the channel list export function of DVBViewer TE Scan for new channels Another way of adding new channels is the Channel Scan 42 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Target Root Terrestrial Network Reception Type Terrestrial Transponder List Terrestrial EUR 2200027500 Frequency KHz 50000 End Frequency KHz 858000 Status Polarity Frequency Found Symbolrate Pa RI Po A oT RI Sort by Provider Scan amp Update 5 Sort by Frequency F Free To Air Import Export Clear All Ok Figure 4 25 Channel list Channel amp Scan This option should be used to scan for available terrestrial TV ch
41. ograms manually To start a manual recording press the red button in the tool bar You can also use the keyboard shortcut or the button on your remote control On OOO OO OE Figure 3 2 Tool bar during DVB reception The recording starts immediately If you want to stop the recording press the record button again If you change to another channel during a recording the Recorder is active message appears Figure 3 3 Recorder is active If you press OK the recording will stop and the DVBViewer TE tunes the chosen channel If you press Cancel tte DVBViewer TE remains in recorder mode The recorded file will be saved in the specified directory Record programs automatically The PVR functionality of DVBViewer TE provides a recording schedule which can be programmed manually or by using the EPG Your PC must be active and DVBViewer TE must be started for scheduled recording If DVBViewer TE is not started or the system is not active while passing a scheduled event time the event entry will be discarded without recording AN If a recording is scheduled and while you are time shifting a TV program the time shift will be canceled without notice and the recording starts immediately 23 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 3 Using DVBViewer TE as PVR Add events to recorder manually Using the recorder window of DVBViewer TE it is possible to add multiple events to
42. rate of up to 15MBit s If you want to stream HDTV channels you will need up to 80MBit s stream channels which requires more than 8MBit s it should work properly but this depends on the quality of the used infrastructure components Some switches cannot handle higher bandwidth over a long time period and might break down during operation The same is also valid for SoHo broadband routers with integrated switches used for broadband connections You need an MPEG 2 software decoder installed on the streaming client machine to decode the received DVB content A Network streaming works well at a data rate of up to 8MBit s If you want to 50 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming Streaming of one TV channel trough a network Building a network environment for IP streaming The common system requirements are listed below PC 1 e One operable DVB PC TV Stars device e One configured network interface 100BaseTX or 1000BaseT X e 3D AGP PCle Graphic card with hardware acceleration e DVBViewer TE e One configured network interface 100BaseTX or 1000BaseT X e 3D AGP PCle Graphic card with hardware acceleration e A streaming client software installed e g VideoLAN Client In our example we are using two systems Satellite dish Cross over network cable SERVER CLIENT IP 192 168 0 1 24 IP 192 168 0 2 24 Figure 5 1 Multicast test configuration
43. remote control you can toggle between play and pause using the STOP button on your remote or the ESC Key on your keyboard 8 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE If you want to leave the time shift mode of DVBViewer TE you might do this by switching the channel you are currently watching the time shift will be canceled immediately It is also possible to leave time shift by pressing the stop button in control bar to stop time shift and resume live mode If a recording is scheduled while you are currently using the time shift function the time shift will be canceled without notice and the recording will start immediately Channel list If you want to choose a TV or radio channel directly without clicking through the whole channel list you might do this using the channel list of DVBViewer TE Just choose Channel gt Channellist in menu bar or click the Channellist button located in the tool bar Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Search BBC World Astra 19 E 45 Video 4 ARD ZDF 45 Private HD Special Audio Regional i E Local EH Sport Fi News 45 Music 4 Shopping Hi Travel H Games amp Call In HL Swiss Austria 5 England ABBT Wo CNN Int GS Sky News lt CNBC Europe gt EURONEWS eng GOD Channel CAN
44. s Usually speed should be 115200 Sometimes other values are better T animax enable DTR i SENSE Cancel I Notrayicon Main window is available by starting program again Cancel m Transmitter settings J TO Inverted hardware camer DTA C TH Config Browse 4 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE 4 Youalso have to choose the configuration file which contains the configuration for your remote control Press the Browse button and choose the file technisat cf default location C Program Files DVBViewer TE in the appeared Open window Click Open to finish the select Open Look in J DVBViewerTE atti g amp n e Egr Name Date modified Type Size I Images d La nguage Plugins J Satellites di Skins _ technisat cf vr File name ftechnisat cf Files of type Configuration Files cfg conf cf rc Cancel Figure 2 5 WinLIRC Open Configuration Files 5 Now your configuration has been completed Choose OK to finish the configuration and start WinLIRC WinlIRC Configura tion Pat COM2 p Receiver type Leam a Rkderice DCD device Speed 115200 Analyze Sense Autodetecl Virtual pulse po Ram Codes Usually speed should be 115200 Sometimes other values are Getter animas enable DTR SE Cancel
45. t 34 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Add Remove Update channels manually If you want to add or remove channels manually you also have to use the Edit tab Edit and Tune Channels Fi Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel list and i Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan n Channels Edit Channel Scan Search DF Name E CableProvider Root CablePr ovider E D Video Ta Porci i Eo i a E Encrypted SP E 2ch Frequency MHz 306000 i ZDF dd gt ZDFinfokanal avorio ish ZDF dokukanal Modulation QAM_64 os ZDFtheaterkanal Pu Fest 2 sat 20h Jsat dd Ul Audio PID 120 i i Kika Teletext PID 130 ka cam TechniSat E dea g TechniTipp T PMT PID 100 Aq ARD Service ID i i i WDR Aachen WOR Wuppertal _ WOR Bonn WDR Duisburg ff Radio Bremen TY i La SR Femsehen i j i E MTY Networks Europe Add Delete E MT Music MT Euro ae MTV Germany i MTA Pulse Impiort Export Clear ail Ceara ok Import Export Clear All Figure 4 1 4 12 Channel list Channels and Edit Category EDF vision Video PID 110 To add a new channel you have to enter the necessary values press Add Figure 4 13 Channel list add channel popup message and confirm t
46. t will enable the synchronization of the GMT offset with the timezone configuration of your Windows operating system If this option is disabled you have to configure the GMT offset manually SFI TechniSat SiehFern Info The TechniSat SFI service is an extension to existing EPG services provided by the broadcasters Preferences The Options are changing the appearance and behaviour of the OVE Viewer General SiehFern Info a Enhanced A Teletext amp EPG Transponder 17569 ver Teletext rr EPG symbolrate 27000 eam SichFern Info Peo Pars Subtitles q Pos AJOptA Recorder PID 1309 Network E Input J Hardware EJ Scheduler Figure 2 16 Options menu SiehFern Info 11 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Within the configuration tab of the SiehFern Info service you can configure the transponder settings required for the reception of the service You start the download process of the service content by pressing the Scan button The update process might take between 30 and 45 minutes You cannot use DVBViewer TE for any other task while the download of the SFI data is in progress The EPG data from SFI service will be merged within the EPG database and can be accessed by using the EPG Window The TechniSat SiehFern Info service is hosted on the satellite Astra 1G at 19 2 E and can be received in Europe only AN This serv
47. taken Tags oh Recent Places y tdsdwbtds A Computer File name channellist ICE S Figure 4 19 Export Channel list Save As w list Save As window The DVBViewer TE channel list can be exported to the following file types Ini File ini 39 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels AirStar PCI USB Edit existing channels If you want to edit an existing channel in the DVBViewer TE channel list you have to select this channel in the channel list and switch from Channels tab to Edit Edit and Tune Channels s Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan the automatic channel scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Channels Edit Channel Scan Name bo Astra 19 E Root Terrestrial Network amp Hotbird T3 E Astra 10 34 Astra 2A 2B 2D Eurobird Encrypted CIAC3 TEST Frequency MHz 191500 Terrestrial Network EMS Video E 191500 II Bandwidth 7 Mhz i Fey 498000 Category 191500 Video PID 100 Audio PID 201 Teletext PID 0 PMT PID 256 service ID 6 import Espot Clear al Ok Import Export Clear All Ok Figure 4 20 Channel list Channels and Edit Here you have to enter the new values and press the Update button The changed settings
48. te hitp www videolan org vic Start the application Audio Video Navigation Help Dem a dd be bi f Figure 5 4 VLC media player Here you simply click onto File 53 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming View Settings Audio Video Navigation Help Quick Open File Ctrl 0 Open File Ctrl F Open Directory Ctrl E Open Disc Ctrl D Open Network Stream Ctri N Open Capture Device Ctri A Wizard Ctrl W Exit Ctrl X 11 00 Figure 5 5 VLC media player File menu and then select the option Open Network Stream Fie ise Network precision UDP RTP Port 1234 UDP RTP Multicast Address 224 0 0 1 HTTP HTTPS FTP MMS RTSP URL rtsp C Allow timeshifting Advanced options Stream Save Settinos Caching Customize udp 224 0 0 1 7792 Figure 5 6 VLC media player Open menu Then you have to choose UDP RTP Multicast and enter the address and port number where the multicast IP stream is located on Then press the OK button and VLC Media Player will start the playback of the stream immediately 54 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 5 IP multicast Streaming H File View settings Audio Video Navigation Help 0 00 00 0 00 00 x1 00 udp 224 0 0 1 7732 Figure 5 7 VLC media player during multicast str
49. the recording scheduler You ll find the recorder window by choosing DVBViewer TE gt Record Setting Programming the videorecorder timer After selecting a channel from the channellist setting the date begin and endtime the Add function inserts the job in the timerd st i o BSkyB a Description i miangias gt ITV1 Anglia W p i TTG41 pa i Fe ay ITViTTN Living in the Sun 14 05 2007 Knight Rider 14 05 2007 19 02 i He ITV1London 8 TTV 1 London i i a ITV 1 Granada Date IT 1 Anglia E 14 05 2007 sl TV 1 Central W E BBC 1London Channelnumber Descriptor pc BBC 1 London 1285 Living in the Sun eee BEC 2 England Shutdown after recording ait ARC NPWS 24 p jm add update Rremoye cose Figure 3 4 Recorder window _ To add a new event to the scheduler enter the event date start and end time the channel number and the event description You might take the channel number using the tree view of the channel list located at the left side of the recorder window Click Add to add the event to the scheduler If you want to remove an event choose it and click Remove If you want to edit an existing event choose this event and edit the necessary values After this press Update and the scheduled event will be updated If you enable the option Shutdown after recording DVBViewer TE will shutdown your system after finishing the last schedul
50. to play a file recorded using DVBViewer TE in a system without this software you have to transcode the file s to normal MPEG2 files 26 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Summary This chapter shows how to manage TV radio channels and perform imports and exports of the database with your DVB PC TV card It is divided into three parts one for each device type SkyStar2 SkyStar USB for satellite reception AirStar2 AirStar USB for terrestrial reception CableStar2 for cable reception SkyStar2 PCI USB Edit existing channels If you want to edit an existing channel in DVBViewer TE channel list you have to select this channel in the channel list and switch from Channels tab to Edit o Channellist Edit and Tune Channels i i i Edit and Tume Channels Allows to change the channel listand sel Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan F j the automatic channel scan Edt ChannelScan i Channel Edit Channel scan Search BBCNEW S 24 Mame BEC NEVIS ES BSkyB Root Astra 24 28 20 Eurobird ii Leaf ITV Anglia 5 LS TYT Anglia w I S TTGAI Encrypted VI ACS ITVITTN Frequency MHz 10773 ia ITVITTS Symbolrate 22000 i GAI i ITV London Polarity Horizontal IT 1 London NAR FEC FEC AUTO ITY i Video PID 5400 e TV2 NAR ss gp IT
51. ugged into a PCI slot of your computer The SkyStar USB is the USB version that is connected to a USB1 1 port of your computer It gives you unprecedented access to Internet services and any Free To Air broadcast digital satellite television channel DVB S Defining AirStar 2 PCI USB AirStar 2 PCI is a small board that is plugged into a PCI slot of your computer The AirStar USB is the USB version that is connected to a USB1 1 port of your computer It gives you unprecedented access to any free to air broadcast digital terrestrial television channel DVB T Defining CableStar 2 PCI CableStar 2 PCI is a small board that is plugged into a PCI slot of your computer It gives you unprecedented access to any free available broadcast digital cable television channel DVB C Using IP services with a DVB PC TV Star Device The TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars products will request all information by ground based Internet In response the requested data will be delivered using satellite broadband cable or terrestrial systems at high speed Using printed help The DVB PC TV Stars product range includes the 4 parts of the Users Guide Part 1 Installation Part 2 Setup4PC Server4PC Part 3 DVBViewer TE Part 4 Troubleshooting User s guide conventions For clarity the User s Guide employs the following conventions 1 Navigation paths are represented as follows Start gt Programs gt Tech
52. ult configuration 2 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Appendix A TechniSat remote control and keyboard commands Keyboard commands Assigned short keys default settings Pause resume P Change TV Video F9 Always On Top F1 Show Subtitle F10 Hide Menu F2 Plus 10 sec Show Statusbar F3 Minus 10 sec Show Toolbar F4 Fullscreen F NumberO 0 Exit ESC Number 1 1 Number 2 2 Channel list C Number 3 3 Channel Minus DOWN ARROW Number4 4 Channel Plus UP ARROW Number 5 5 Save Channel CTRL S Number 6 6 Station Minus PgDown Number 7 7 Station Plus PgDup Number 8 8 Number 9 9 Aspect Ratio V Zoom Z Favorite 1 SHIFT 1 Options O Favorite 2 SHIFT 2 Favorite 3 SHIFT 3 Mute M Favorite4 SHIFT 4 Volume Up RIGHT ARROW Favorite 5 SHIFT 5 Volume Down LEFT ARROW Favorite 6 SHIFT 6 Favorite 7 SHIFT 7 Display D Favorite 8 SHIFT 8 50 size F5 Favorite 9 SHIFT 9 100 size F6 Favorite 0 SHIFT 0 200 size F7 Desktop TV F8 Record settings S Record video audio R Teletext T Mini EPG EPG Window E Version 4 4 1
53. vostra ricevente A per favore ca No Remote i Use WinLire Use USB HID Figure 2 1 Remote Control selection No Remote If you don t want to use a IR receiver you have to select the option No Remote and press the OK button 3 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Configure COM Port IR Receiver WinLIRC If you want to use the TechniSat COM Port IR receiver you have to select the option WinLIRC Remote Control Please select your A receiver PES Bitte w hlen sie Ihrem A Empf nger E N Choisir votre recepteur IF s p EI Selezione vostra ricevente IR per favore C No Remote Use WinLire Use USB HID N Cancel Figure 2 2 Remote Control selection Use WinLIRC Then press the OK Button and you have to configure the WinLIRC application 1 The following error message might appear WinLIRC farled to initialize Would you like to change the configuration and try again OK Cancel Figure 2 3 WinLIRC If this message appears the default configuration of WinLIRC does not match the needs of your system 2 Press OK to show the configuration tab 3 Here you have to configure the COM port e g COM1 where your IR receiver is attached Part COM l Receiver type j Lear C AY device DCD device Speed 115200 Analyze Sense autodetect Virtual pulse 300 Ram Code
54. wd Audio PID 5401 TV Granada Teletext PID gd TV Anglia E oD ITV Central w PEPEE I 2 BBC1 London Service ID 6 304 BEC1 London NAF p BBC 2 England LNB Selection Hone BEC 2 England NAF LOF MHz 9750 z j Ted NE qb BBCTES 3 a 8 BBC FOUR Add Delete Update gE BBC FOUR NAR BBC THREE i i i BBCTHREE N amp R i ii i BEC1MI gt Category BSkyB Import Export Clear Al Ok I Import Export Clear Al Ok Figure 4 1 Channellist Channels and Edit Here you have to enter the new values and press the Update button The changed settings for this channel will be added to the current channel list 27 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 4 Managing TV radio channels Edit satellite parameters DiSEqC settings If you use DiSEqC settings which differ to the default settings of DVBViewer TE you have to change those settings for each satellite you are able to receive using your equipment For this purpose choose a satellite in the channel list and switch to the tab Edit The settings for the satellite will be displayed mila F g Edit and Tune Channels Allows to change the channel list and the automatic channel scan _ 7 r m Channels Edit Channel Scan Name bis ac Poldi gt Delete Update Import Export Clear All Ok i Figure 4 2 Channel list Edit satel
55. wer TE are described Within this chapter you will learn to manage the function within the DVBViewer TE and how to receive the stream with the VLC Player Most functions described within this document will be available with standard TV and radio reception AN The behavior of the software regarding TV and radio reception is similar 2 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE Summary This chapter is divided into three parts In the first part the DVBViewer TE GUI graphical user interface and the main functionalities are introduced In the second part the more advanced features like the EPG or the PVR are described The third part shows how to use the DVBViewer TE in combination with your keyboard mouse or the available TechniSat remote control This chapter requires a correctly configured channel list If you are using fror ASTRA 19 2 E or Eutelsat Hotbird 13 0 E the DVBViewer TE is already set up If you use another satellite you have to add this to your channel list first before trying to receive a channel Read chapter 4 for managing your channel list first First startup If you start DVBViewer TE for the first time the remote control selection dialogue will appear Remote Control Please select your A receiver ESS Bitte w hlen sie Ihren IA Empf nger EI Choisir votre recepteur IA sp EI Salezione
56. y the number field to navigate through the pages You might also access sites by clicking on displayed page numbers with the left mouse button Subtitle The DVBViewer TE supports showing and recording of teletext and DVB subtitles By selecting the menu View gt Show Subtitle the option will be enabled Teletext subtitles Subtitle Subtitle Telatextpage Teletext Subtitle 888 lo DVB Subtitle English Figure 2 21 Subtitle dialogue for teletext subtitles After the subtitle page number is entered and the OK button is pressed the subtitle teletext will be shown in display area 14 Version 4 4 1 TechniSat DVB PC TV Stars Users Guide Part DVBViewer TE Chapter 2 Watch TV with DVBViewer TE If the specified subtitle teletext page is not available no subtitle will be shown in display area DVB subtitles Subtitle Teletextnage Teletext Subtitle 989 DVB Subtitle English x sp Figure 2 22 Subtitle dialogue for DVB subtitles After selecting the language of the DVB subtitle press the OK button and the subtitle will be shown in display area TA DVBVIEWER CHANNEL VIEW SETTINGS CMAC CAO SEE Figure 2 23 Main don during DVB reception with subtitle If the subtitle function is enabled and you start a recording of this program the subtitle will also be recorded If you playback a recorded program with recorded subtitle using DVBViewer TE the option View gt Show
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