ProgDVB description
Will watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB-PCI cards

ProgDVB - software which allows you to watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB-PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers with MicrosoftR Windows98, 2000, XP Operating Systems properly installed.

ProgDVB is a very useful application for those who want to watch television shows and programs on their computer.

ProgDVB has options for working with network broadcasting and Audio/Video recording of the stream to different digital-media formats. ProgDVBR is in development, so new versions will be available for download from time to time.

At the present moment work on the following cards is possible:
· Aver DVB-S
· BroadLogic 2030/1030
· Compro VideoMate DVB-S
· DVBWorld USB2.0 DVB-S/DVBWorldDTV(PCI-Sat), Acorp TV878DS/DS110/DS120, Nextorm NBS240/NSC120
· GeniaTech DigiStar DVB-S PCI
· Kworld DVB-S 100 compatible (Vstream, Dynavision..... )
· ADS Tech - Instant TV DVB-S (Part Number: PTV-341)
· LifeView FlyDVB
· Netcast DVB
· NEWMI Advanced DVB
· Pinnacle PCTV Sat (driver >=260)
· Nexus,Premium (SkyStar1) (the driver 2.x from TechnoTrend)
· TBS Q-Box
· Technisat Sky Star 2 and Sky Star 3 USB or PCI
· Telemann Skymedia 300 DVB (not official)
· TwinHan compatible (VisionDTV, Power Color, Chaintech,...)
· WinTV NOVA (Budget) USB or PCI
· St@rKey usb box
· Cards with BDA driver (With some cards problems are possible)
· Besides work in absence of a card is possible, for example for viewing video of files or as the broadcast client.


NOTE: Before starting the ProgDVB software - make sure you have SkyStar1 properly installed. It will be better to use IRQ11 or 12 (not shared with others devices). And in the Network's Option of your PC - Virtual Adapter need to be also configured with TCP/IP. Of course it is more better to use the new drivers from Techno Trend 2.09 or 2.10.

Requirements:

· Intel Pentium - III Processor 500 Mhz.
· 128 MB memory on board.
· 5 MB of disc space (without size of disc space for Video&Audio Recording).
· AGP SVGA GraficVideo-Adapter with 32 MB memory on board.
· SoundBlaster compatible sound card.
· Network adapter 10/100 MB/Sec. (High speed Net-card is strongly recommended for Broadcasting).

· DirectX v.8.0 or higher.
· It is more better to use the new drivers from Techno Trend v2.09 or 2.10.
· For work with Recording's option you will need to install some software codecs from different manufactures.