[opendtv] Re: ATSC Test system - cheap
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:42:58 -0700
yeah, that's what the guy is looking for when using "test" (not "hack")
streams: a guess at a kludge. Must be the Viceroys kicking in ...
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:26 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: ATSC Test system - cheap
> I remember a very recent post suggesting it may be possible to program a
> normal ATI video card to generate ATSC signals. But I don't think
> anyone had actually done it yet. And I'm not sure where I saw it.
>
> IIRC, the old remodulator card for the Dish 5000 was supposed to
> remodulate HD to channel 3. I wonder if one of those could be modded?
>
> Otherwise I have no idea.
>
> - Tom
>
> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> > I have received a message from a friend of a friend who needs help
> > generating ATSC test streams to test various ATSC "decoders"
> > (receivers). Here is the request:
> >
> >
> >> This is a bit of a reverse from the normal situation, but I
> >>hoped some folks here might have some ideas.
> >>
> >> I'm looking for ways to easily test and compare ATSC decoders.
> >>I'm looking for a PCI card or something that can take a local
> >>ATSC-compatible .ts file, and mux it and sent it out over coax, to
> >>which I can attach a normal ATSC decoder, which would see it like it
> >>was an antenna. Just like how VCRs used to work - RF out over coax,
> >>pretending to be channel 3 or 4.
> >>
> >> I've seen some very high end systems that do a huge amount of
> >>stuff I don't care about. I'm looking for something simple and
> >>inexpensive - hopefully cheap enough that the company would actually
> >>publish the price :).
> >
> >
> > I remember a recent story about a PC card that may be able to do
> > this. Does anyone know the specifics, or any other way to do this?
> >
> > Regards
> > Craig
> >
> >
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