There seem to be a number of different DVB cards that people use. I persoanlly
use the Nebula DVB card, though other people report success with the Avermedia
771 card. One major issue with DVB cards is that manufacturers do change
chipsets with little or no notice but don't change their model numbers. If you
buy any cards, budget for a few more and then keep them as spares. I would
suggest you buy a standard card and stick with it.
All the DVB cards record the digital stream directly from the broadcast. Not
sure if this is MPEG2 or MPEG4. Please note that the file format saved is .NUV
which seems to be difficult to reprocess.
You can setup the system to record the EPG information provided by the DVB
stream. This works pretty well, though only has a week in advance. I've never
used Subtitiles so can't say if they work.
A DVB card simply saves the MPEG2 signal it receives, so the resulting file is an MPEG2. The format is not .NUV, but the file extension .NUV is added for consistency with the nupplevideo file an analog capture card would create.
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