UPDATED 10/05/12
WARNING SageDCT should be considered beta.
NOTE:
Many people have reported issues with SageDCT when they disable the
Windows Firewall. Please make sure you have it enabled before seeking
assistance if something doesn't work.
SageDCT is a SageTV network encoder for DRI
enabled Digital Cable Tuners (DCT). It will only work with Copy Freely
content. Currently, only the Ceton InfiniTV 4 with 51+ (currently in
beta) firmware will work. Other tuners will be added as they become
available.
Thanks
to Mikinho for technical assistance and StreamCoders.com for the RTP.NET
library (http://www.streamcoders.com/products/rtpnet.html).
If SageDCT will
be writing to a network location (UNC) you will need to change the
service credentials to a user with network access. The service installs
as SYSTEM.
Network Encoder configuration is handled via the
included application. Use the "Discovery" tab in ConfigureSageDCT to
find tuners and generate a file that contains text to copy into the Sage.properties file.
Logs
are written to %ProgramData%\SageDCT\, if you encounter an issue please
capture a verbose log (service needs to be restarted to detect the
change) and send it to me.
After
adding the network encoders, you must add a lineup. Go to the config
screen for the device and select the right lineup for your cable
provider. Note that channel scanning and preview will not work.
Known Issues:
1)
The video stream in some files is not recognized in SageTV V7 (skip
this step if running 7.1+). Download these files to fix it:
2) SA and Comskip have trouble with some files.
3) Make sure the drivers/firmware are up to date for the DCT.
4) SageDCT does not work with ATI DCTs.
1.0
- Initial release
1.1
- Add Test tab to config utility
- Add Data Recieve debug logging
- Usability enhancements in config utility
- Channel preview support
- Threading bug fixed (thanks Mikinho)
1.2
- Bugfixes
- Change UPnP library
- Set starting RTP port to 5010. If binding issues are noted in the logs, check that this value is > 5004.
1.3
- Add UPnP Device caching for brief time periods (DeviceLifeSpan, time in seconds to cache)
- Try UPnP actions again if the first time fails, force the cached device to recycle if this happens
1.4
- Fix a bug writing program number to packet indicator
- Double default RTP Buffer
- Try to recover from tuner disappearance
- Significant changes to UPnP Device caching
1.5
- Add support for SiliconDust HDHR Prime & Hauppauge OpenCable Receiver DCT devices
1.6
- Staticly assign discovered tuners to specific ports
- Fix a bug in encoder generation
- Change installer to work with XP+
1.7
- Add button to reset (delete) tuner assignments
- Use tuner assignments on test tab
- Fix a bug with encoder generation when not generating all of the encoders again
1.8
- Don't make firewall changes on unsupported OS versions
1.9
- Add UI enhancments to make managing static assignments easier
- Add feature to disable an assignment
- Add feature to change network encoder port per assignment
- Change to add support back for HDHR PRIME
2.0
- Fix a bug where tuners were not enabled by default
- Add channel scanning support (experimental)
2.1
- Add option for PBDA base DCT recording (experimental) requires AVIVO MPEG muxer specific to the PC's platform to be installed
- Refactored capture support to enable different (i.e. non-UPnP based) methods for interacting with the DCT
- Installer no longer starts SageDCT service
- Change RTP setup sequence to fix a potential race condition on some DCT
- Add option to delay RTP Play command if more time is required to setup RTP sequence
- Add x64 version (PDBA capture is platform specific)
2.1.1
- Additional PBDA Capture logging
- Add shortcut to Start menu from x64 installer
2.1.2
- Add more PBDA Capture logging
2.1.3
- More logging
- Potential workaround for missing sink
2.1.4
- Standby support for PBDA capture
2.1.5
- Add a check for discovered v. assigned tuners
- encode_digital_tv_as_program_stream setting is set according to recording preference
- encoder generation page displays a more descriptive name for tuners
- PBDA capture method will check for a successful recording using file size before returning
2.1.6
- Better object cleanup
- Better error handling during PBDA capture cleanup
- Log skipped duplicate channels
- UPnP capture method will check for a successful recording using file size before returning
2.1.7
- Recycle PBDA Tuner when the tuner fails after a configurable number of times (default is 2)
- Delay graph building for a configurable period (default is 30 seconds)
2.1.8
- Better PBDA tuner state management
- Add option to recycle tuner (PBDA only) on stop
2.1.9
- Fix some bugs around detecting a failed initial tune
- Add async writing option (WriteAsync, DWORD) for RTP/UPnP capture
2.2.0
- Explict RTP session cleanup (thanks Mark)
- Add option to monitor (log) process statistics
2.3.0
- Add option to use VLC for RTP capture/file writing. Files created with this method will not have the special 'QAM' packet written to the front, but it will suppport MPEG-TS or MPEG-PS muxing by VLC based on the file extension requested by SageTV
2.4.0
- Internal tweaks (should fix issues introduced in 2.3.0)
2.5.0
- Fix a bug where the current file path wasn't set when using VLC
2.6.0
- Change how presentation URL is obtained for compatibility with upcoming HDHR FW release