Thread: TV support, is there any?

It's not a matter of software.
It's a matter of having a PC-based radio tuner that will get good reception while on the move. Until there is such a device that meets a price point that is reasonable for vehicle PC enthusiasts, there will be minimal interest.

Couple that with the progression towards digital TV, and you're going to have a hard time cobbling something together.

Maybe you'll get lucky and find someone who shares your enthusiasm for TV in the vehicle and can get a plugin together.

Good luck.

Yes that's understandable but how many of supported usb radio receivers give good reception straight from box? If usb tv receivers is not good enough, is there way to modified other tv receivers to work with pc, like Alpine Kenwood etc.. same way as HD radios works?

digital ota tv like we have now is impossible to hold reception while on the move.. at least as far as i can tell. no worries though, all tv is or will be online soon. im much more interested in getting a dedicated internet connection for my truck.

after years of trying to get good tv signal in vehicle. i have found the slingbox is the only solution to give true digital picture quality in carputing. i get all my cable suppliers built-in programming guide on my screen. Well here in canada anyways. You need a internet in car to make it all happen but i am sure you will be pleased with the results. and i believe there is a RR plugin (i use CF) hope this helps SNO

I have to agree that Slingbox is one of the best options (some people use Orb) to use for TV in the car. I have a SlingPlayer plugin that works in RR....

Link: SlingPlayer Plugin

Of course, you need a dedicated internet connection in the car. I use a Verizon aircard and have good coverage and decent speed (have FIOS at home for good upload speed -25MB). To get better coverage and speed, I use an antenna that I connected to my card and it helps to keep the signal strong.

I hope this helps...

There's a Cinergy Diversity Tuner which works up to about 60-90Km/h, there's also a WinTV Diversity tuner that does the same, however the software isn't as good. I don't know how pricey they are now, but other than that, you'd have to deal with the WinampTV plugin or use Internet TV like suggested above (or just try embedding some other application from another manufacturer).

OK dartman..
good news
after a lot of work...and many days, i finally got to write a .tpl file correctly..the format is the following.

Code:

DVB ATHENS
690,H,8
682,H,8
674,H,8

The frequencies are in Mhz and not in Khz....
so for example here in athens Greece we have 3 transponders one on 690000 khz, another on 682000 khz and another on 674000 Khz

so the first field is the frequency (in MHz) the second field is polarity..(that is used for DVB-S satellite - it should not be used for DVB-T) so use H. the 3d field is the bandwidth..

make a txt file write the transponders and rename to tpl..
I got the winamp plugin to work with the terratec cinergy Tstick BUT the plugin can only show MPEG2 channels..it will not show MPEG4 (h264) channels.. i tried everything..

so i ditched the winamp plugin and went directly to VLC.. VLC is capable of showing DVB-T, DVB-C and DVB-S channels..and actually plays everything, you can create playlists of the scanned channels.. you can get it embeded in RR and sendkeys to it..it is very easy.. i got it working good aswell


i also tried DVBviewer which also works nicely and plays everything you can create playlists of the scanned channels here aswell..this is my prefered software..it is more flexible than the above 2...i got it embeded and i am sending keys to change channels and it works quiet nicely..

So i believe development should be in creating a VLC plugin.. the RR team has allready made a video plugin for VLC, so making that to work outside "video.skin" and be able to play vlc playlists is not that hard i believe..but it is waaay over my head..
Lambospirit has a plugin for VLC (which he wrote before native VLC rr support) but i asked him if he can refresh it to make it work with latest VLC..we will see



1 more thing i was driving with my car on 100km/hr and was having 90% signal with the cinergy stick and DVBviewer and the supplied antenna yesterday..(the antenna is a magnet small one and was outside of the car) at least in open areas, when i was between buildings the signal was lost

good luck and tell me if u need any help

Thank's Nomader! I was fighting hours with ProgDVB but I didn't find window name. Then I moved to DVB Viewer which embed fine and sendkeys work fine too, now I need to think about skin.
I also try Winamp TV plugin but it didn't work with my Anysee receiver which I have used for testing. Now when I saw the light in the tunnel, I ventured to order Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-TD diversity receiver. Let see how good it is, I don't expect that it would work in 250km/h speed but in morning traffic it would be nice to watch news or something.

Originally Posted by Dartman_71

Thank's Nomader! I was fighting hours with ProgDVB but I didn't find window name. Then I moved to DVB Viewer which embed fine and sendkeys work fine too, now I need to think about skin.
I also try Winamp TV plugin but it didn't work with my Anysee receiver which I have used for testing. Now when I saw the light in the tunnel, I ventured to order Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-TD diversity receiver. Let see how good it is, I don't expect that it would work in 250km/h speed but in morning traffic it would be nice to watch news or something.

the problem with diversity is that it only works with the factory software.. that is why i did not waste money on diversity for the moment