DigiTv v3.11 Options

[Guest_benneh_*]

I recently traded my visionplus card in for a nebula, mainly because i found the software accompanying it to be unstable and very non-user friendly (or wife friendly

I ran the nebula card on DigiTv 3.106, and found it to be excellent, extremely stable ( i dont think it crashed once ) and even my wife can navigate the system by the remote with ease.

I was really looking forward to 3.11, mainly because of the web server addition, but unfortunately, it functions more like beta software, and i believe it has been released to market because of demand, rather than being ready for release.

I had problems with 3.11 including EPG data being 12 hours behind and more importantly big stability issues. I emailed nebula on Tuesday 16 March about these problems and still have not recieved a response.

I did however use the integrated check for updates feature, which found an update to 3.112, which seems to have fixed the 12 hours behind EPG problem, but the stability is still extremely poor, crashing regulary from anything like changing channels to browsing the tv program through the web server.

I may have to give up and go back to 3.106, as 3.112 in my opinion is still beta software.

I will keep the thread posted if and when I hear back from nebula or if I get the new version running stable.

[Guest_14all_*]

I have had a Nebula and a couple of VP's since they were released in Australia by DigitalNow.

I must say that initially I hardly used the Nebula, because, when viewed on a big screen projector (or even a PC monitor) the VP would leave the Nebula for dead in terms of picture quality. Also I had the issues with AC3 not being passsed trough S/PDIF. But I was beginning to appreciate the features and interface of the Nebula, until this last beta 3.11/2

Over the last couple of months Nebula has improved the decoding/picture quality, but at considerable expense to stability, with the result now that I am back to where I started, I don't use it much.

My main issues are:

Network client keeps losing the server, sometimes requiring a re-boot before getting it back. Making this feature useless.

S/PDIF pass through does not work. a BIG MINUS-

HDTV viewing now is unstable and occasionally get glitches/video corruptiosn/etc that were not there before

I have had more crashes in the last two weeks than in then last six months, the software is unstable and has odd behavious, like window drifting to the left top corner, which can't be easily replicated to determine the cause.

I think Nebula should be more professional in their approach and not release buggy software to the public, just to meet deadlines. Furthermore, I think they should stop rushing to introduce new features that benefit a few and concentrate on the fundamentals that are not right yet. And that is:

Reliable viewing of HDTV with AC3 - without needing a super computer
Reliable recording, including with timers, etc

Long Live HDTV

[Guest_benneh_*]

one more thing to add to the problems I am experiencing, none of the settings or recordings are saved until you exit the digitv program, it always runs in the system tray and you have to actually right click the system tray icon and choose close, then restart the program to have it save your changes.

I found this out the hard way after sitting down and programming a weeks worth of scheduled recordings, having it crash and then finding out it lost them all. These should be written to disk immediately when setting them, not written to memory and only written to disk on exiting the program, as this program is designed to continuosly run the whole time the computer is on.

And i agree, the picture quality does not seem up there, the vision card produced a much better picture in the exact same computer and setup than the nebula. I find with the nebula the reception isnt as good, im getting choppy sound and lego picture, with exactly the same antenna the visionplus ran on.

What we need is something with the picture quality of the visionplus, and the software capabilities and interface of the nebula (when they work). Is that too much to ask?

[Guest_JoeyBloggs_*]

You mean something like this www.ultradtv.net

[Guest_14all_*]

What we need is something with the picture quality of the visionplus, and the software capabilities and interface of the nebula (when they work). Is that too much to ask

Maybe if we can get Nebula software designers to work with DVICO software engineers and manufacture the cards in China at the prices of the the VP, well then........we would be very close

[Guest_benneh_*]

You mean something like this www.ultradtv.com

is there an english version of this site? :?

[Guest_JoeyBloggs_*]

Whoops I meant www.ultradtv.net :oops:

[Guest_benneh_*]

Hey Joey,

Your program looks impressive, makes me wish i hadnt just sold my visiondtv if it works as well as you say it does. Dont suppose there is going to be support for the nebula as they arent as forth coming with sdk or api as twinhan?

PS: do you need a web developer? not that im knocking your ms frontpage template designed web page or anything :wink:

[Guest_JoeyBloggs_*]

I'm sure that Nebula will copy all of my great ideas's and incorporate them into DigiTV at some stage :wink: I'm not planning on adding Nebula support at this stage but maybe later on if they introduce BDA drivers and I implement BDA support then things might come together.

Yeh yeh, why do people knock FrontPage so much and what would recommend instead ? I'm not interested in handcoding html. I've got quite enough real coding work to do already

[Guest_Glenn_*]

You mean something like this www.ultradtv.net

Hi Joey,

Is it available for download & review?

Glenn

[renura]

Your program looks impressive, makes me wish i hadnt just sold my visiondtv if it works as well as you say it does.

I can sell you a slightly used second hand VP at a good price
That way when you get fed up with one DVB-t card you can play with the other, or maybe can even get a DVICO if you really like challenges.

Cheers

Renura

[Guest_JoeyBloggs_*]

You mean something like this www.ultradtv.net

Hi Joey, Is it available for download & review?
Glenn

Hopefully in around 6 ~ 8 weeks. But i'm taking the Microsoft line "when it's ready and stable enough to ship"

[Guest_benneh_*]

Your program looks impressive, makes me wish i hadnt just sold my visiondtv if it works as well as you say it does.

I can sell you a slightly used second hand VP at a good price
That way when you get fed up with one DVB-t card you can play with the other, or maybe can even get a DVICO if you really like challenges.

Cheers

Renura

Renura, I will come see you about the vision card when joey gets ultraDTV up and running.

Joey, i usually use dreamweaver MX for html, topstyle for css, and visual studio.net for dynamic/interactive pages, as well as about several little helper apps, and yes, sometimes i even use notepad . Im happy to contribute some time in exchange for ??? if you need assistance.