[mike50]

This thread is reserved for the owners of the subject device. The aim is to share our experience with emphasis on problems and how to solve them(what works and does not), best capture settings and tradeoffs, compatibility with computer hardware and software , compatibility with sat and cable set top boxes, new drivers and software for better results...Please feel free to share not only your experience with the device, but contacts with Hauppauge tech support. Thanks to the-tom and rebkell, the following links will allow you to view the 4 pages of info posted before the server failure:

http://rebkell.net/hdpvr_owners_p1.htm
http://rebkell.net/hdpvr_owners_p2.htm
http://rebkell.net/hdpvr_owners_p3.htm
http://rebkell.net/hdpvr_owners_p4.htm

 

[mike50]

Please allow me to share with you the following observations and conclusions: capture freeze problems with the C1 version were caused by overheating of some units; a fan was added in the C2 version which solved this problem; video glitches are still being reported with the C2 version; the glitches are described as image jitter/warping plus flashes and a coloured horizontal line at the bottom of the screen...Driver v1.1(dated Oct10 2008) provides support for 5.1 audio.

 

[rebkell]

I have a question about the capture module: Under Device Settings -> Video Decoder[TAB] what are the VCR Input and Output Enable checkboxes?

 

[the_tom]

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[rebkell]

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[mike50]



Quote:
Originally Posted by rebkell /forum/post/14425800


I have a question about the capture module: Under Device Settings -> Video Decoder[TAB] what are the VCR Input and Output Enable checkboxes?

What happens when you uncheck these boxes?

 

[rebkell]



Quote:
Originally Posted by mike50 /forum/post/14428614


What happens when you uncheck these boxes?

Haven't tried it yet, I will try it tonight.

 

[rebkell]

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[mike50]

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[rentagas]

There was a suggestion the 5.1 drivers were coming out this week, are they?

 

[jimwhite]

They were lost in a server crash...

 

[mcwups1]

Frame skips seem to occur on the recording itself. Any way to eliminate this?

 

[wokwokabc]



Quote:
Originally Posted by rentagas /forum/post/14430821


There was a suggestion the 5.1 drivers were coming out this week, are they?

That's not my recollection. What I read was a post from somebody quoting tech support saying they were expecting to receive 5.1 drivers this week. That's very different than saying they would be available for the rest of us to download this week. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes them a few (if they pass QA the first time), or even several (if they fail QA and have to go back to engineering for another spin), weeks to release them.

 

[rebkell]



Quote:
Originally Posted by mike50 /forum/post/14428614


What happens when you uncheck these boxes?

Well, I unchecked Output Enable and couldn't tell that it affected anything, it wouldn't/won't let me uncheck VCR Input, it acts like it unchecks it, but then it just puts the check back in. So, now I've tried it and have no idea what or if it does anything. Dunno.

 

[czachari]

They did not sound too sure about the timeframe.

 

[openaddy]

I saw Dish Network's "Turbo HD" commercial touting 1080p, and I wondered if anyone's tried recording 1080p with the HD-PVR? Does it produce watchable 1080i results?


Now that my cable STB's firewire is essentially all 5c'ed and useless, I have no particular incentive to stay with them. I would consider switching to another service, although I'm not certain other services' HD looks comparable to cable...

 

[Olias88]

The SageTV forums report a bug with the HD PVR when capturing 720p material. It manifests itself by a video stutter every five seconds when viewed with one of their HD extenders.


The problem is apparently with the encoding mechanism and can be eliminated with a future firmware update for the HD PVR.

 

[mike50]

I tried using ArcSoft Media Converter to translate a 5.3G 1080i movie capture from TS to MP4(Sony/PS3 Option). The process froze after several hours with only 35% done. I had to reboot to get rid of the ArcSoft dialog window.

 

[ncinsguy]



Quote:
Originally Posted by mike50 /forum/post/14436949


I tried using ArcSoft Media Converter to translate a 5.3G 1080i movie capture from TS to MP4(Sony/PS3 Option). The process froze after several hours with only 35% done. I had to reboot to get rid of the ArcSoft dialog window.

don't use ArcSoft's converter use Hauppauge's which is also included on the disk...

 

[davewou]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Olias88 /forum/post/14434497


The SageTV forums report a bug with the HD PVR when capturing 720p material. It manifests itself by a video stutter every five seconds when viewed with one of their HD extenders.


The problem is apparently with the encoding mechanism and can be eliminated with a future firmware update for the HD PVR.

More details can be found at forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=295534&postcount=14


Dave