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DVB Dream is DVB player with many nice and unique features (more below), it supports standards DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, ISDB (more below).
Features:
- Multi PIP (19+1)
- Multi recording (MPG, TS)
- Timeshift
- LAN Streaming
- Unique channel list system
- Favorite channels
- Quick Favorites
- Child lock
- Embedded aspect ratio modes
- Cropping / Zoom
- Sleep timer
- Record timer
- HDTV and H264 support (some codecs only)
- Auto-zap
- EPG
- OSD
- Scheduler
- Teletext (plugin)
- Render-less mode
- Internal graph building
- Multi monitor support
- Command line support
- Network Scan
- Raw Diseqc commands support
- Plugins support
- Preffered languages
- Uncommitted switches support
- Positioner support (including GotoX.X / USALS, more below)
- Snapshot feature (more below)
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Custom keyboard shortcuts (only workaround for now, more below)
- Global keyboard shortcuts (only workaround for now, more below)
- Remote control support (more below)
- Themes
- Upgrade reminder
- 22 languages support
- DVBEPG by Momotte (module)
- CHLTools by X05 (module)
- Signal Display (module)
- Level log (module)
- FFDShow support, it means more features...
Video:
- PIP support, including independent ffdshow options
- Keys & remote - keyboard shortcuts...
- 4:2:2 support
- OSD
- Deinterlacing
- Crop & zoom
- Logoaway - to hide ugly/moving logos/icons
- Picture properties - to change contrast, brightness, gamma...
- Blur & noise reduction
- Sharpen
- Noise
- Perspective correction
- Bitmap overlay - to add images
- Grab - to make snapshots
...
Audio:
- Normalize
- Equalizer
- Noise reduction
- Resample
- Delay
- Swap channels
- Mixer
- Noise shaping
- FIR filter
- Convolver
- Freeverb
- Crystality
...
Screenshots (click to enlarge):
DVB Dream (OSD, PIP, Multi PIP...)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2001%20OSD%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2002%20PIP%201%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2003%20PIP%204A%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2004%20PIP%204B%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2005%20PIP%20L%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2006%20PIP+IE%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2007%20PIP%20F4%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/1%20DD/DD%2008%20PIP%20F9%20Thumb.jpg)
DVB Dream (Embedded AR modes, LAN Streaming, Quick Favorites, Timeshift)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/embeddedar%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/lanstreaming%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/quickfav%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/timeshift%20Thumb.jpg)
Satellite List Toolkit (Channel list, Statistics, Beam Maps...)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/2%20SLT/DD%20SLT%201%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/2%20SLT/DD%20SLT%202%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/2%20SLT/DD%20SLT%203%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/2%20SLT/DD%20SLT%204%20Thumb.jpg)
FFDShow (Bitmap overlay, Flip, OSD, Logoaway, Noise, Zoom...)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2001%20Bitmap1%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2002%20Bitmap2%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2003%20Flip%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2004%20OSD%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2005%20Logoaway1%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2006%20Logoaway2%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2007%20Noise%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2008%20Zoom%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2009%20Perspective1%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2010%20Perspective2%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2011%20Picture1%20Thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.dvbdream.org/images/Thumbs/3%20FFDShow/DD%20FF%2012%20Picture2%20Thumb.jpg)
Supported Devices:
- BDA Devices (TBS Q-Box, Compro VideoMate S350, KNC1, Twinhan and many others...)
- B2C2 (Skystar2, Airstar2, Cablestar2)
- Twinhan (All PCI models should work *)
- Pinnacle PCTV 300i
- Pinnacle PCTV Sat/400i/Lite
- Genpix 8PSK to USB device
- Broadlogic (BL2030)
- DVBWorld (Nextorm/SatStar2/Acorp TV878DS USB/PCI)
- Tongshi DVB-S
- Coship/SmartVision CdvbAny2030s
Details
Notes:
- Some codecs do not support PIP (e.g. old Cyberlink versions)! Best codecs for DD: Sonic or Nvidia
- Please do not try to use old modules (DDRemote, DVBEPG etc) with new DD. Old modules are incompatible with new DD
- SkyStar 2 users must use Mibi's patched drivers to be able to use positioner feature
Custom keyboard shortcuts and Global keyboard shortcuts:
Not implemented yet, but you can use HotkeyP (freeware) as workaround. Read HotkeyP Help and guide here for more information.
Remote control support:
- Installation for SkyStar2, AirStar & Cable Star
- Please download WinLIRC setup package first (from DVB Dream Homepage)
- When installation is completed, double click on the WinLIRC icon at tray
- Click on "Reconfigure" button to see Configuration dialog
- Click on "Browse button" to specify B2C2 remote configuration file
- Select b2c2.def (c:\dvbdream\winlirc\b2c2.cf) and click on OK
- Start Dvb Dream and open Remote options
- (Main Menu->Options->Remote->Options)
- Then select "WinLIRC" as remote type and close the window
- Now you are ready to use your B2C2 remote in DD !