Hi Dave. Dave Chapman wrote: > Peter Maersk-Moller wrote: >>I'm in the need for suggestions for where to look for the cause of frame >>drops for decoded signals from Canal Digital on 1West (CONAX). What I >>experience is a typical 50-70 encoded frames missing (PTS jumps 2-2.8 >>secs) every 1-20 minute. Here is my setup. >> >> ReceiverPCs----FastEthernet--Switch--FastEthernet----DecoderPCs >> >>The receiver PCs have a mix of 1-4 Hauppauge Nexus-s/Nova-s/Nova-CI-s > > I know somebody who's also trying to decode Canal Digital (using an > official card) using a Nova-S under Windows, and he's been having a very > similar problem. Will try to save a MPEG-2 CanalDigital stream under Windows. Do you know a tool to spot a PTS jump in a MPEG-2 stream ? > He contacted C+ about it, who said that their cards were only designed > to work with their "$1" set-top receivers. Silly, isn't it ! > But apparently they do have > CAM-compatible cards, and he was going to try and persuade C+ to send > him one. I haven't heard the end of the story yet though. I selected a a random receiver and got the cards. It has been working for some channels until a few months ago. I'm just using industry standard CONAX CAM 4.00 11/2004 with the smart cards and it used to work. > I don't know if that actually means anything, but it does at least show > that Windows software has the same problem. Will try to verify that. Kind regards -- +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Kabel-TV over Internettet -- http://www.streamtv.dk/ | +----------------------------------------------------------+
