Hi all,
I've just finished writing a Mac driver for the DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T card. This is a PCI card that lets you receive digital TV (including HDTV) on your PC ... and now on your Mac too
I have also written a software program called iTele to view the digital TV input by such cards, so you can watch, record, timeshift, look at the EPG, set a scheduled recording, etc etc etc. all on your Mac.
Now that style of digital TV, known as DVB, is used in most places around the world, except (as usual) North America. There a different standard called ATSC is used instead.
But it so happens that DVICO also make an ATSC card, in fact it is up to version 3 - the DVICO FusionHDTV 3 (Gold) QAM even supports digital TV (including HDTV) over cable if it is not encrypted. And the construction for that card is quite similar to the construction of their DVB-T card, such that there is a fair amount of the driver in common between the two cards.
What I would like to find now is a beta tester who lives in an area that receives ATSC signals (I don't) and is willing to get one of those cards and put it in their Mac and give it a go with my driver, so I can fill in the missing bits of the driver and get it working with that card too.
These cards are not expensive, and can be had for US$169 (less than half the price of the EyeTV 500) from an online store like Digital Connection. They are Universal PCI cards so they will work in G5s too.
So, is anyone interested? If you are then please post in this thread or PM or email me.
My site on digital tv on the Mac is here: http://www.defyne.org/dvb/
And to get the beta version of the FusionHDTV driver click here.
I hope to hear from someone who is interested soon ... I certainly want to get the driver all finished before the Olympics are over
I've just finished writing a Mac driver for the DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T card. This is a PCI card that lets you receive digital TV (including HDTV) on your PC ... and now on your Mac too
I have also written a software program called iTele to view the digital TV input by such cards, so you can watch, record, timeshift, look at the EPG, set a scheduled recording, etc etc etc. all on your Mac.Now that style of digital TV, known as DVB, is used in most places around the world, except (as usual) North America. There a different standard called ATSC is used instead.
But it so happens that DVICO also make an ATSC card, in fact it is up to version 3 - the DVICO FusionHDTV 3 (Gold) QAM even supports digital TV (including HDTV) over cable if it is not encrypted. And the construction for that card is quite similar to the construction of their DVB-T card, such that there is a fair amount of the driver in common between the two cards.
What I would like to find now is a beta tester who lives in an area that receives ATSC signals (I don't) and is willing to get one of those cards and put it in their Mac and give it a go with my driver, so I can fill in the missing bits of the driver and get it working with that card too.
These cards are not expensive, and can be had for US$169 (less than half the price of the EyeTV 500) from an online store like Digital Connection. They are Universal PCI cards so they will work in G5s too.
So, is anyone interested? If you are then please post in this thread or PM or email me.
My site on digital tv on the Mac is here: http://www.defyne.org/dvb/
And to get the beta version of the FusionHDTV driver click here.
I hope to hear from someone who is interested soon ... I certainly want to get the driver all finished before the Olympics are over