Download DVBLink 4.5

DVBLink is a piece of software from DVBLogic that makes it easier to watch TV on a computer. For example, it is possible to use just about any cheap DVB-C tuner with bdadrivers to work in Windows Media Center, but also to watch iptv or stream programs to iOS, Android or Windows Phone devices. Version 4.5 has become available and it includes the addition of the ability to record programs and support for UniCable. The full changelog can be found below.

General

• Added: New product licensing engine
• Added: Default EPG source for each channel (eg with this feature TVSource channels will use EPG from stream automatically without manual mapping)
• Added: New channel selection control for improved speed and convenience
• Added: UI improvements for web configuration interface
• Added: Automatic sequential channel numbering
• Added: Automatic shifted channel numbering (after inserting a channel number all channel numbers above it shift up by one)
• Added: optional authorization when accessing DVBLink web configuration, web streaming interface and DVBLink Remote API
• Fixed: A number of MediaCenter growing database fixes (also some new ones not present in the previously released patches)
• Fixed: xmltv source causes stutter every hour (there are two fixes here actually: xmltv update period is 12 hours now and the priority of update thread was lowered)

DVBLink TVSource:

• Added: Unicable support (only for tuners, which support raw diseqc commands. Most of them do, but for example for DigitalDevices tuners users need to use their own Unicable configuration management)
• Added: PCTV 460e 1.0 diseqc and Unicable support
• (Re)Added: Channels tab to TVSource configuration
• Added: Channel streaming statistics (bitrate, errors, packet discontinuity) to Channels tab of TVSource configuration
• Added: “Wait for lock on tune” flag to TVSource tuner device properties (especially important for timer recordings on partially offline channels like BBC3 and BBC4)
• Added: CI module support for TBS tuners
• Added: Support for DigitalDevices CI4All module, which works with DigitalDevices as well as other brands of tuners
• Added: raw diseqc command support for Twinhan clones (Terratec S7, SkyStar HD2 etc.)
• Fixed: Updated transponder files
• Added: Prescanned channel files for Astra 19 and HotBird 13 with automatic channel selection for Austrian, German and Swiss channel presets
• Fixed: Long load time for PCTV nanoStick T2 290e
• Fixed: EIT scanner consumes a lot of memory to keep collected EPG data
• Fixed: “PAT scanning times out message” when scanned transponder id does not match the actual
• Fixed: no signal on TBS5980 when going from qpsk to 8psk transponder
• Fixed: no signal on DVB-S2/QPSK transponders for Twinhan clones

DVB Link Connect! Server

• Added: built-in dvblink recorder (please read more about it in notes below)
• Fixed: DLNA server hang-up on start
• Fixed: DLNA server compatibility with XBMC Eden (and some other DLNA clients)
• Fixed: Network MediaCenter client uses TCP streaming by default (instead of UDP)
• Fixed: Improved sound quality for Android and IPhone streaming

DVBLink for Dreambox

• Fixed: Channel streaming consumes hard disk space
• Fixed: 3 minutes delay during system start-up also blocking other services

DVBLink for Kartina.TV

• Added: support for video library and archive (??????? ????????????)

DVBLink built-in recorder

• Recording timers can be programmed and managed using DVBLink clients: web interface and mobile clients. Web interface provides more advanced timer management functionality than mobile clients – eg schedule overview, timer conflict overview, changing recording settings and defaults
• Windows MediaCenter Guide cannot be used to program timers in built-in DVBLin recorder. Timers programmed using MCE Guide interface will be recorded locally on that MCE computer
• Windows MediaCenter EPG (delivered by Microsoft) is not used by built-in recorder
• Recorded content can be watched using special DVBLink Media Library MCE addin and using DLNA clients
• No playback of recorded content is possible on mobile clients (yet)
• Recordings are done in native transport stream format
• Recorded content is physically located (by default) in c:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDVBLink
• Channel line-up, EPG information and timers, displayed in DVBLink clients, are taken from the built-in DVBLink recorder (not from MCE). This means that MediaCenter is not required anymore for clients operations.
• Those who prefer using the old way – eg working with MediaCenter database instead of internal DVBLink recorder – can do this by a) stop dvblink windows service, b) open dvblink_configuration.xml in text editor, c) changing all occurencies of “dlrecorder” into “mc_recorder”, d) saving file and starting dvblink windows service
• Remote API for accessing recorded content is not implemented (yet)