Thanks, good job.

When you go into extras in WMC and use the dvblink addon you should delete your channels... than you need go through the setup where by you chose sort order by SID or Channel Name, in there on the first screen you need to match up the SID or Channel name to the EPG service it has. Also make sure you...

Just to give you an idea. If I stream from dvbdream to another PC, the actual signal undmodified is: 6.0 Mbit/s - 9.0 Mbit/s on an HD channel 1.0 Mbit/s - 2.5 Mbit for a STD channel Now my provider uses DSL and my UP speed hovers around 768Kbits/s. So as you can see, this can be a chalange and requi...

Yes, Dvbdream has a UDP streaming feature. However, that stream is fairly involved and best done on a local network that is wired. In order to stream it online, you need to think about your upload speed (most peoples UP speed is a 1/10 of their down speed)... therefore you will most likely need to c...

What interface is selected in your Options -> Device box? Some cards can work bad through interface and work well through another. Try BDA, and also try something that is not BDA that works with your card. NOTHING WORKS WITH MY DEVICE EXCEPT BDA :( Kind of sounds like your LNB settings are off. Mak...

Thanks Atom, I found mine in an alley on the dark side of town, thankfully it was unadulterated. Back to the MS codecs, I saw something interesting when I enabled the MS codecs on a machine that was fairly loaded with codecs, they DID NOT behave as nicely as they did in WMC on the very same machine....

Thanks for the above, I tried your method, and you are right it does achive the same result. For those that want to get the beta its quite simple really, without giving you a link, just google "dvbdream 1.5 beta" and you should be set. (NOTE: Getting a file from 2nd hand sources IS DANGEROUS!! So if...

I don't understand what you are asking? Dvbdream 1.5b7 is a beta release that is not available to the public yet. I find that the randering of h264 content in dvbdream is very pixxelated and I have always searched for the perfect codec and have not found one that lives up to the quality i am used to...

Here is a capture of my dual lcd setup to show that it works, and i do get low CPU rates. My system is an Intel E6400 dual core (2.13Ghz overclocked to 2.93Ghz) the rest is below in my profile. The HD is being decoded to a 1680x1050 screen. http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2179/dvbdream15b7dblink.jp...

Just wanted to say that the improvment with dvbDream 1.5b7 is even better. The same hardware now draws between 6-13% on quality HD channel.

Those of you having issues with h264 decoders in dvbdream, should also give Windows integrated WMC a try. You do this by installing dvblink a program that bridges dvbdream and WMC. In esence you are doing the same thing as VLC streaming, but no network, and its a little trickier to setup 1st time ar...

It works fine here, your pc might not be powerful enough to handle it. That is usually the first sign that your chip don't have the juice. If you have Windows 7, try dvblink and WMC to see if that improves the performance, but if its too choppy on VLC, chances are WMC wont do much for you in terms o...

My old system, used to handle HD in the 35-75% CPU range, if there was heavy movment, like sports, it would go to the upper regions.

This setup seems to hover at 13-25% CPU on full HD sports channel with all the efects and whistles.

...wow,


I am still floored, I can't see any setup beating this for quality and performance, at least not on my rigg. WOW.

DvbLink integrates Windows7 WMC and DVBDream. http://1geek1tool.com/dvbdream The HD is amazing!!! Huge improvment, my CPU USAGE went from 75% to 20%, I was shocked, the quality of rendering is superb. I think previous PC's I dismissed as not being able to handle HD could probably get away with it in...