Hauppauge Colossus HD-PVR - Page 13

I'm curious. Is it there in the preview? That is, in Showbiz for example, does it show up when you are looking at the content live, or does it only show up in the captures?

I will try it later when I get home. I have HR24-100.

Most of the time it is. When it shows in the preview of showbiz or win7, it shows in the cap. When it's not in the preview of both programs, it still shows....

@ both

I greatly appreciate you guys taking the time to check this out for me.

I really hope it's just my card, which I could in turn just return and get another one (I still have 15 more days to do so).

Also outta curiosity are you guys series 24 protected or unprotected. Non of my channels are, but even at that I doubt it's my receiver as I also have a blackmagic intensity pro in my same rig and it doesn't pick up that nasty blue line.


It really sucks as I can't find a software program to work with the intensity that will allow me to record reasonable size files (all record at @50-70mbs per second) and with the Hauppauge I'm having this issue with the blue line on the left side.

Anyone know how my the SkyHD card cost and how it compares to the two cards I already got?

One last question. Is there a reason you don't want to use the component/optical from your DirecTV DVR? Really, it produces a product equal to the original DirecTV picture and sound. There's no audio beyond DD anyhow from the DirecTV box, so I just wondered why the HDMI was important to you.

KiddHD,

I have good news, or bad news for you (depends from what perspective you look at it).

I connected my HR24 to my Colossus card via HDMI cable and recorded 3 minutes of the animated movie that was already recorded on HR24's hard drive from HBO when it was open for 5 days free preview. Recorded without any problem, which means it is not protected. And I got that blue line too.

So, here is my take on it.

1. It may be fault of all manufactured Colossus cards when recording via HDMI. In order to find that out we need another capture card with HDMI capture functionality.

2. It is probably broadcast this way when connected digitally with HDMI. It is probably used for some overhead information, or to transmit HDCP signal to lock recording abilty (just wild guess).

Then I recorded the same 3 minutes via component. Quality is identical in both times HDMI and component and is outstanding. And I couldn't find any differences in quality compare to original DTV broadcast.

So, don't pull your hair out of your head. It is probably suppose to be that way. If your TV has little bit of overscan you will not see it. It is only visible when playing on computer.

Hi all, I have a Core i3-540 Clarkdale build using onboard graphics and 2 GB of Ram. I recently added a Colossus to my setup to watch TV using 7MC. Now, every once in a while, the display just freezes (no BSOD or other crash indicators). If a video is playing, the sound crashes as well (I am using HDMI to my TV.) I dont recall having this probelm before installing the Colossus, so any help would be appreciated. I have tried changing C settings and EIST on the CPU with no luck. I have to say that when I stream TV or video to my Xbox, there are no issues at all.

Trying to figure out the channel changing of the Colossus. I'm running it under Media Center with a U-verse box. I installed IR Server Suite and used the config SHS posted in #179.

My first question is should I be using the blaster that came with and plugs into the card? Or blasters plugged into the MCE usb receiver? Or either should work?

Second, I remember seeing instructions on a command line way to send IR for testing purposes. Can't remember where I saw that, and whether it was for the Hauppauge IR program or IR Server Suite.

Ok.
Are you just using 1 colossus with the hauppauge MCE plugin?
If so, you should be able to train the Hauppauge IR to do the blasting, the MCE USB receiver will pick up your remote.

Yes to Q#1

Could you expand on the rest of it? The only thing I've done was to use the IR file tool (in IR Service Suite) to learn the U-verse remote codes.

This whole IR stuff is confusing.

Have a look here. HDPVR is very similar to colossus in ALL respects, just one is INTERNAL.
http://www.techlifeweb.com/2010/10/1...-media-center/

I have 4 colossus, so I had to buy the dvblink tools - very worth the 40$....

Also on Hauppauge website here - for users with 1 colossus
http://hauppauge.com/site/support/support_colossus.html

I'd recommend using the MCE receiver/blaster, if you have that already. I'm using that with a single Colossus on WMC, and it works flawless. And yes you need the listed IR Server Suite for the blasting part. There is no need for dvblink, if you only have one Colossus.

One note about drivers, you may need to try different drivers, as the latest might not be the best (I'm still using 29168, which is a bit older), especially if you plan to use the digital audio input. A number of people have reported problems with loss of audio for recordings. Therefore try a different driver, if you encounter problems on the audio side.

Can you elaborate further on that statement? I am not questioning it, but I am trying to see how it fits into my plans. I am using only one Colossus, with plans to eventually use my now idle HD-PVR, or perhaps another Colossus, with a second directv box. I have the dvblink for Colossus, which I am using with the dvblink server to incorporate the output of my directv box into Media Center. I was not aware there was apparantly another way to do it.

Which statement are you questioning? For IR I'm actually not sure how good the blaster that comes with the Colossus works. I simply use an external blaster, because I used to have a HD PVR and for that the external blaster worked much better. Since I had an external blaster, I never tried the one that came with the Colossus (so you should try this one, if you don't have an external blaster.

Regarding dvblink, the WMC support that Hauppauge ships (http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/softw..._mce_29271.zip) does not require dvblink. At the moment only one Colossus is supported by this software.

As I said, not questioning, just inquiring. Does anyone know whether the Hauppauge native WMC software can be hooked it into the IP channel changing program for directv?

Also, is there a way to do the same with WinTV? Thanks in advance!

The strange thing is it does not only happen in WMC [I only use that, but I use WinTV just to run Extend to stream to my iPad.]. It can happen on the desktop or in Chrome when playing a Flash video. It does not happen without the Colossus plugged in. I have (I believe) isolated it down to some incompatibility or conflict between the Colossus and the Intel graphics. However, updating and rolling back the drivers do not seem to have done the trick.

I am at the point of giving up and getting a new Graphics Card, but just wanted to see if anyone else had faced similar issues.

I'm pretty new to the Colossus, so pardon me if I'm unaware of something common. I've been reading around trying to figure out the best set up I can use for recording. One thing I've found that bugs me, is it seems the images look too fast, whether recording or just watching. They almost look like the output from a 120hz tv if that makes sense. Is there any settings I can adjust to make the image more natural?

I have been using the Colossus for several months (and the HD PVR for much longer) and have never seen anything like you describe. The recording bit rate setting will affect quality if it is set too low. Try 12-15MB/sec to see if that improves things.

Okay, here's a comparison.

http://www.mediafire.com/?081lfybt3de3uf0



The youtube clip shows how the trucks are supposed to look and their natural movement. The clip captured from the colossus just looks off to me, like it's got some kind of processing on it.

Struggled with wmc setup until I found this post. I did have to swap steps 9 and 10 to get wmc service to run. Step 10 first then step 9. Now I have fully functioning wmc. My channel count was around 392 for Shaw digital Vancouver. Thanks for the post.

I have the Colossus set up to record off Directv box via HDMI. No problems, so far everything seems to work and the IR blaster is changing the channels.I use the TitanTV guide that came with WinTV7.

Problem/question:
(1) When I open the TitanTV guide and select a channel to record, i get a pop-up box saying "Do you want to Open or Save program.tvpl from partners.titantv.com".
I know I have to open the file to get the recording set. Maybe this is normal (no one else commented on it). If I choose to save it, nothing records - so it has to be opened. Is everyone getting this? I'd rather not get the pop-up box and just get the recording scheduled/setup.

(2) Can a TV Series be scheduled (to record every epiodsode - such as automaticlally start recording channel XX on Tuesday at 8PM)?

I see when I click on the TV show, a window open with some choices. Besides "Record" there is "Reminder", Calendar", and "Favorites". If I select Calendar, I get the pop-up box message "Do you want to Open or Save Reminder.ics from partners.titantv.com". But when I click open, windows does not recognize the file ".ics" and can't do anything. Windows wants me to search for a program to open an ics file.
What is this all about? EDIT: I found out the ".ics" is Outlook Calendar. If this program is on your computer, "Calendar in TitanTV" puts a reminder in Outlook (although I don't know if it just reminds you to manually record or does something to start a recording).

Should I be able to schedule a Series?

I use Win7 32bit, have the latest (beta) drivers installed, and I have Showbiz installed and upgraded (although I don't see any purpose in it - yet). I do not use Windows Media Center (I use JRiver Media Center for TV watching and playback).

Thanks.

this thread seems to be about direct tv from the last page i have read i to have a colossus and have had it for one week now. i dont have the abilty to record now as i am away from home currently on business but i have been wondering when i return home ....

i have time warner and i am curious if twc users have to record in component or hdmi.

anyone have any input if time warner protects their digital content?

I have had the Colossus for a couple of months but continue to have problems recording. After only about 15 minutes or so, the audio and video get out of sync. I am using Toslink in and recording 5.1 audio and started with the hight res video and even dropped back to 9 M/s, no change. When I am successful, when writing to disk, the sync issue is even more pronounced on the disk created. Am using Uverse as source and using a I7-2600 computer. I have tried both Arcsoft and WinTV, any suggestions? Thanks for the help.

Did you try the Colossus Beta driver yet?

Using wintv7_cd_2.4d