Nebula DigiTV TV Card Support

General Problems/Issues :: RE: Cannot play DigiTV files on Vista that were recorded on XP

Crakon — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:12:43 +0000

Author: Crakon
Subject: Thanks for the help!
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:12 pm (GMT 0)

Just loaded VLC and it is playing my recorded TV programs just fine!

Thanks for the help.

General Problems/Issues :: RE: Cannot play DigiTV files on Vista that were recorded on XP

HyperReality — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:25:58 +0000

Author: HyperReality
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:25 am (GMT 0)

Or run the DigiTV recordings through a piece of software like VideoReDo that will make the result play nicely with other MPEG2 decoders like the default VMC one.

General Problems/Issues :: RE: Cannot play DigiTV files on Vista that were recorded on XP

beardedwonder — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:16:38 +0000

Author: beardedwonder
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:16 am (GMT 0)

You will either need an MPEG-2 Decoder (not sure what is best for Vista) or a player like VLC or MPUI.

General Problems/Issues :: Cannot play DigiTV files on Vista that were recorded on XP

Crakon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:07:56 +0000

Author: Crakon
Subject: Cannot play DigiTV files on Vista that were recorded on XP
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:07 pm (GMT 0)

Help - what has happened to Nebula??

I have been a contented user of a Nebula USB device attached to an XP PC for a long time and everything is still working fine , BUT........

Just got a new Vista machine that I want to use for watching the TV programs recorded on the old set up. However 1 find that
1) None of the MS software (Media Center/Media Player etc0 on the new PC will play any of the files recorded by DigiTV on the old one - all jumpy, stuttery and stoppy.
2) I cannot download the s/w that I am using (3.7.06) so that I can install it on the Vista machine - the link on the website is broken. Now after reading a bit in this forum I am not even sure if it will run on my new PC

How can I get my new Vista PC to play TV recordings from my old XP machine? Any old media player player will do, just so long as it plays the files.

General Problems/Issues :: RE: No Picture

PeteK — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:25:52 +0000

Author: PeteK
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:25 am (GMT 0)

This sounds like an overlay problem.
You can try playing with the settings -
settings/video/hardware video format.

However it might be a problem with the setup of your graphics card, in which case you'll have to play with the card settings to get it to work. There used to be some programs such as RivaTuner and TvTool which could help here, but I've not played with these for ages.

General Problems/Issues :: No Picture

ilaracg — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:30:27 +0000

Author: ilaracg
Subject: No Picture
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:30 pm (GMT 0)

I have encountered a problem where I cannot see the picture in fullscreen but I can see it when I am in PiP mode. I have installed SP3 but never got round to solving the Digi TV problem. Any ideas?

Software discussion :: RE: DigiTV v3.12 Problems

beardedwonder — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:37:13 +0000

Author: beardedwonder
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:37 pm (GMT 0)

14:9 and 16:9 aren't programmed in, the same goes for email, web and DVD/CD. These buttons can be used to launch other applications, that's what i use them for.

Chapter brings you to the chapter section when you playback a recording.
SubT activates subtitles when programmes have them (you should get a box that says 'Subtitles On' in the top left.

'Mute' mutes the TV ('Mute On' in top left).

'Text' activates digital text.

'AD' activates audio description which is not available on all programmes. 'Audio Desc On' should appear in the top left when activated.

Bills explanation covers your recordings problem. I hope that helps you with DigiTV, and happy viewing!

Software discussion :: RE: DigiTV v3.12 Problems

Bill — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:19:50 +0000

Author: Bill
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:19 pm (GMT 0)

The record folder is set in: Settings/Recordings/recording directory

The files listed in the playback menu can be in multiple folders, just add the folders to : settings/playback/search these directories for media files

If you want to move the files, just copy/move them using windows explorer just like any other file.

Software discussion :: RE: DigiTV v3.12 Problems

alamo1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:46:19 +0000

Author: alamo1
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:46 pm (GMT 0)

beardedwonder wrote:

That's great. The confusion over the downloadable EPG is due to some countries not having that good an EPG service broadcast over the air. Luckily in the UK we have a fairly good one broadcast live so there's no need for an online version. The software probably looks online to find the EPG and if it doesn't get anything it reverts to live data.

Out of interest What remote buttons don't work? I don't think all the buttons are programmed for digiTV.

My remote does nothing if I select: 14:9, 16: 9, Email, Web, Subt, AD(?), DVD/CD, Chapter. Mute, Text.
I�m sure I would not be asking about these if I understood the device better. I take it that Help 3.5 is the latest and there is no information specifically on using the HD version.
It is a pity for several reasons that Nebula folded. The staff were quite helpful and well informed.
One strange problem I have is that the two Icons for Digi TV-HD show the C disk in properties, however any recent short recordings I have made,(usually by chance!) have ended up in recordings on my D disc, (my other hard drive). There are older recordings
in `Recordings� on the C drive and I would like to consolidate them all, but am not sure how to do this.
Alan

Latest info :: RE: Nebula's repair service

novicerover — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:19:48 +0000

Author: novicerover
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:19 pm (GMT 0)

Hi
Thanks for your prompt reply ! Its the socket on the board that's the problem,there seems to be one of the contacts broken off inside . I may get one from Maplins to suit or fabricate something on the original.
When I have done the repair I can refit the board,remove and reinstall the software as recommended and hope this sorts me out.?
Great to have expert help on hand ,as old folk's like me rapidly getting past it.,need all the help we can get.
Great stuff.Thanks again !

Latest info :: RE: Nebula's repair service

Bill — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:34:41 +0000

Author: Bill
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:34 am (GMT 0)

As far as the epg is concerned, make sure you have the latest version 3.7.11 ([link]) and check the forum for info about split NITs. The epg should be working. see:[link]

The remote receiver block is not complicated, if you or you know someone who can solder, replacing the IR device is a simple and cheap fix. see:[link]

Sometimes, the remote socket can become detached from the board. It's not too difficult to re-fix with a little superglue then re-make the connections with thin wires. A simple job for a local tv repair shop.

Nebula have been contacted via Amazon (they were selling off the remains of the digitv devices at one time). You might try them.

Latest info :: RE: Nebula's repair service

novicerover — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:57:38 +0000

Author: novicerover
Subject: They Have all Died !!
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:57 pm (GMT 0)

Sensor plug on Digi TV.PCI card damaged and no E.P.G info available.
Programmes all received OK.but impossible to pre record so it is next to useless.
I have tried emails,phone calls by the score ,over the last 4 months and a letter to the Managing Director about 3 weeks ago and no reply.

If any body knows they are alive and still in business perhaps you would let me know.?? You may even have a phone no ?

This was a brilliant card with one touch record,is there anything as good out there or comparable ?

Beta Bug Reporting :: RE: DVD-RW problem

Batter Pudding Hurler — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:45:27 +0000

Author: Batter Pudding Hurler
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:45 pm (GMT 0)

I saw something similar happen on my girlfriends PC. Two Sony\NEC drives. Write data to a disk, and the PC then cannot see the disk.

In her case, the disks were still readable on another PC. And the problem was caused by a new batch of disks. A new dye at 16x confused the drive. I tried all kinds of things to fix it - but no joy. Basically - couldn't find any firmware updates.

IN the end, I just thought - stuff it - and bought a nice new Pioneer DVD writer for less than �15. When drives are that cheap, it ain't worth the time to fix.

So - test the disks in another PC or DVD player and see what happens.

General Problems/Issues :: RE: XP 64-bit issue

Smurph — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:43:03 +0000

Author: Smurph
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:43 pm (GMT 0)

Aha!
Thanks Bill.

I had actually tried changing the Crop key before, but when I went fullscreen it was still zoomed in, so I thought it was still 4:3!

Changing Crop to 0000 did the trick.

Beta Bug Reporting :: RE: DVD-RW problem

chenks — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:09:05 +0000

Author: chenks
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:09 pm (GMT 0)

what does this have to do with nebula digi-tv application ?

Software discussion :: RE: DigiTV v3.12 Problems

beardedwonder — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:40:05 +0000

Author: beardedwonder
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:40 am (GMT 0)

That's great. The confusion over the downloadable EPG is due to some countries not having that good an EPG service broadcast over the air. Luckily in the UK we have a fairly good one broadcast live so there's no need for an online version. The software probably looks online to find the EPG and if it doesn't get anything it reverts to live data.

Out of interest What remote buttons don't work? I don't think all the buttons are programmed for digiTV.

Beta Bug Reporting :: DVD-RW problem

MGP — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:30:51 +0000

Author: MGP
Subject: DVD-RW problem
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:30 am (GMT 0)

I'm not sure if there is a way to reverse this but i could seriously need some help.

Well i was burning a movie on a dvdrw then i realized it was finalized. But for some reason my computer can no longer detect the dvd or even overwrite the dvdrw disc. But my dvd player can read and play it perfectly fine. It's happened to two of my dvdrw discs so far. I wanted to see if the problem was just the first disc. Now i regret finalizing on both. I hope i didn't lose the discs....

Is there a way to un-finalize or even get my PC to detect the dvd-rw disc?

Am using

Windows XP SP3
version ConvertXtodvd 3.2.3.81

Software discussion :: RE: DigiTV v3.12 Problems

alamo1 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:57:08 +0000

Author: alamo1
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:57 pm (GMT 0)

beardedwonder wrote:

No problem, i thought they had fixed this. Here's another link:

[link]

Remember to uninstall your previous version first.

From Alan. I have been out of commission for a while!
Thank you so much for your help, I was almost giving up on my Nebula Digibox, I could not look at the Help files, or get an EPG, I really can�t thank you enough!

Firstly; I thought that all the software - from 3.2 to 3.7 referred to the different pieces of hardware, particularly 3.7.10 HD
I used your second link to download 3.7.10 HD and this has provided an EPG, strangely it does not seem to matter whether I click `Use live data� or `EPG Data� clearly it can�t be using the nebula EPG as it doe not exist. I must confess I do find it most confusing.

There are a number of features that do not work from the remote, but nothing too important. The help data is from v3.5 so I would imagine Nebula must have folded before producing aversion of help for the HD version.

Anyway thanks again your help saved me hours of chasing shadows.

Regards, Alan

BDA drivers :: Uninstall BDA Remote and Drivers

aerisol — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:59:56 +0000

Author: aerisol
Subject: Uninstall BDA Remote and Drivers
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 1:59 am (GMT 0)

I bought a digital HD tuner from ebay, and tried to install the software to Vista XP 64. I realize after reading the company is done and the software does not recognize on x64 Vista. How do I uninstall the program?

Software discussion :: RE: Timeshifted/paused live TV stopping by itself

{RainmakeR} — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:16:10 +0000

Author: {RainmakeR}
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:16 am (GMT 0)

Bloody hell Hyper, you're still hanging around this place?? I owe you about 50 beers by now!

HyperReality wrote:

I tried posting this earlier today, but for some reason that escapes me the post vanished, so here it is again:

I don't necessarily have an answer, but I can give some things to think about, and possible workarounds:

* Reception glitch? (Was the PC moved when you were working on it, and the cabling now has an issue?)

I suppose it's possible, but wouldn't seem likely. I'm trying to figure out what's changed to cause it. I can't remember if I told you or not, even though this is the same old circa-2003 Neb PCI card as we've always discussed, it's not in the tiny QBIC PC anymore, it's on an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium in a SilverStone LC17. It's been in this setup since about February, and has been relatively happy (apart from the usual bugs), and the reception has been almost glitch free the entire time.

I suppose the most recent change was when I did a de-ghost of the last Windows install for this box, applied all updates and such, and I believe this was when I went from one 7900GS to two of them in SLI. I wonder if this is having an impact? Power shouldn't be an issue, and I have one other PCI slot I can try, as mentioned the Neb is in the last PCI slot. The SATA drives are using the NVIDIA ports and not the Silicon Image ones.

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* Hyperthreading got turned on as a side-effect of the reinstall?

It's a 939 Athlon 64 3000+, no hyperthreading here, move along. CnQ is also disabled in BIOS.

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* Has one of the disk controllers somehow gotten itself set to PIO mode?

I'll check, but AFAIK they are all in UDMA.

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* Are the batteries in your remote nearly flat, and are causing a spurious stop code to be emitted?

This is interesting and a possibility - I have a Logitech Harmony 525 that has been configured for most of my home theatre stuff, and I do believe it's LCD screen is a bit "laggy" so it's batteries are probably getting low. Hmmm.

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* Have you installed any other equipment that has a remote whose codes overlap with DigiTV's?

No, but I do have a digital photo frame that turns on and off when you use the 525 to change the channel up on the STB? LOL

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* Is the remote IR receiver plugged in fully?

Yes. The port has always been close to the edge of the slot though, sometimes it may be in contact with the case, I'll check that.

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As a workaround until you figure it out, I suggest that you record H&A instead of timeshifting, and then try playing back the recording while it is still being made. Even if the playback goes wiggy half way through, you will still have the recording being made, and in the worse case the boss can watch it once it is finished recording, rather than as soon as your son is in bed.

I hope this helps, as I understand only too well the importance of a happy other half.

Hahahaha! You are a genius. If all else fails, we'll do this. I can't have her resorting to the VCR!!

Software discussion :: RE: Timeshifted/paused live TV stopping by itself

HyperReality — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:55:26 +0000

Author: HyperReality
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:55 am (GMT 0)

I tried posting this earlier today, but for some reason that escapes me the post vanished, so here it is again:

I don't necessarily have an answer, but I can give some things to think about, and possible workarounds:

* Reception glitch? (Was the PC moved when you were working on it, and the cabling now has an issue?)

* Hyperthreading got turned on as a side-effect of the reinstall?

* Has one of the disk controllers somehow gotten itself set to PIO mode?

* Are the batteries in your remote nearly flat, and are causing a spurious stop code to be emitted?

* Have you installed any other equipment that has a remote whose codes overlap with DigiTV's?

* Is the remote IR receiver plugged in fully?

As a workaround until you figure it out, I suggest that you record H&A instead of timeshifting, and then try playing back the recording while it is still being made. Even if the playback goes wiggy half way through, you will still have the recording being made, and in the worse case the boss can watch it once it is finished recording, rather than as soon as your son is in bed.

I hope this helps, as I understand only too well the importance of a happy other half.

Software discussion :: RE: Timeshifted/paused live TV stopping by itself

{RainmakeR} — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:35:19 +0000

Author: {RainmakeR}
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:35 pm (GMT 0)

Thanks for the reply. Hmmm, interesting... come to think of it, this box did recently go SLI... do you think that could have something to do with it? What if I tried a different PCI slot for the Neb? The PSU is a SilverStone Strider ST56F 560W; you'd think that is sufficient power wise (actually with a wall-socket power meter I measured the PC at consuming 215-230W under full load in 3DMark06). The Neb is also in the last PCI slot closest to the PSU (SilverStone LC17; PSU is on the opposite side of case). I could move it one slot closer I believe without touching the Zalman heatsink on one of the GPUs. What do you think?

General Problems/Issues :: RE: IR Remote not working

Bill — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:29:52 +0000

Author: Bill
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:29 pm (GMT 0)

The receiver puck uses a standard IR remote device like this one from cpc:

[link]

Some people have suggested fitting a additional filter capacitor (10-47uF @ 10v) at the receiver end of the lead (I did the same in my pvr - [link])

On one of my receivers the plastic around 2.5mm plug would catch on the mounting plate and stop it from latching in correctly; I cut a 1mm or so ring of plastic away with a scalpel.

Often all you need to do is route the cable away from any source of interference

General Problems/Issues :: RE: IR Remote not working

Rapidlaser — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:15:02 +0000

Author: Rapidlaser
Subject: remote control problems
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:15 pm (GMT 0)

I have had my Digitv, for about 3 years now and the remote has always been next to useless, if I hold the remote really close to the receiver it works fine, the problem is not the remote itself as I have tried it with my nevo and the result is the same.

there was one time, much to my surprise it suddenly started working fine, but it did not last long before it was back to only working if held the remote within 2" on the receiver.

anyone that has any ideas or knows what device the receiver is (might be the problem, maybe able to buy one from RS spares.) I would be glad to hear from them, at least if I knew if it was a hardware or software problem I would be a bit happier.

Software discussion :: RE: Timeshifted/paused live TV stopping by itself

Bill — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:19:04 +0000

Author: Bill
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:19 pm (GMT 0)

I seem to recall signal strength issues and drop-outs causing problems like that. Also, PC power supply could interfere in the same way.