SageDCT - 2.6.0 (x64)

babgvant — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:10:51 GMT

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:

http://download.sage.tv/users/qian/7.0.23/MpegDeMux.ax
http://download.sage.tv/users/qian/7.0.23/DShowPlayer.dll

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

Tools : SageTV, x64, SageDCT, Ceton

SageDCT - 2.6.0 (x64)