Hi Brian
The Freecom stick is great. The epg is pretty good once labelled. (I used
sighted help and after that everything worked well.) Everything works
pretty well out of the box. There's a well stocked context menu which
comes up easily from one of the windows - most options are on it. Alt and
tab to the correct wwindow (there's only two) then you can use ctrl and o,
ctrl and e to bring up the file list window and epg respectively. I'm sure
it would benefit from a bit of scripting, but being unable to do this, I
still find it's great as my main way of recording. The epg, once the days
are labelled, is good. When you choose a channel from the combo box, the
sound changes and you are placed in the program list for that day. Once
it's fully in, (usually a few seconds) you can use your arrow keys to go
down the list of times. Unfortunately you don't hear what the program is
unless you press Insert and up arrow then it reads most of the line, not
just the times. (A script would be nice here.) If you use the Jaws cursor
to double click on the time, it then brings up the scheduler with all the
times in the correct place. A further press of enter and the recording is
set.
I also found that setting up the stations by scanning was easier with
sighted help, but it's not impossible to do it yourself.
Finally the created files play well in its own player. They also play well
in WinDVD 9(I've not tried in PowerDVD but they probably do there.) I've
not however found them to work in Media Player or Real Player or Itunes.
The;y look like standard mpg files. When I queried this with the makers
theyput me on to a program called pvas strumento (or something like it) I
can send it to you. This supposedly strips out codes to make the file more
normal. However it does work well with the aforementioned programs, and I
use Adobe Audition to strip the audio out of the video if I record from
radio 7.
HOpe this helps.
Gordon McFarlane
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From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Freecom DVB-T USB stick
Hi
Has anyone please used the Freecom DVB-T USB stick for viewing TV
programs and is the controlling interface quite usable?
Thanks.
Brian Hartgen
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