POLL: How do you choose to archive captured premium HD Content and why?

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Do you capture everything from 169Time with DVHSTool and set the chunk size to 4.XXGB and the file format to MyHD.ts type?


Assuming you captured HD from an R5000 as one big file, what would you use to divide it into three and does it support sequential playback in MyHD by example?


Lastly, what's the best utility to knit together the 3 DVD-R's back into one big file later?

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Short of having about 100 hard drives on slide-out trays with an Excel Index Spreadsheet, my 600 D-VHS tapes are really very convenient.


But, I have tested PC > DVHS > PC with MPEG2Repair before and after, and, D-VHS does add glitches as it's error correction is only of an A/V level.


However, when viewed through my LG 3410, glitches are very well masked by the decoder such that they rarely are actually visible.


So, if it were not for the scepter of future optical transfer from D-VHS, I probably wouldn't care.

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Alan


I have a digital front projector that likes the MyHD 120-DVI output very much for OTA file playback.


I found that I can also use the FireBus DTVR as if it were a D-VHS deck for playback with the LG 3410 whose decoder and video output may be a smidge better for imperfect Sat HD Captures as it masks virtually all imperfections.

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250GB drives which format to 230GB have leveled off at $110-140.


With movies averaging 16GB, hard drives cost 3-4 times as much as S-VHS tape ($3.50/T-120), but, do have excellent random access benefits.

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Hi Murray,


Sorry for the late reply...


I think you can probably guess the answer. I use my own utilities of course.


I just picked a random size that evenly fits into that of a DVD-R (so no space is wasted). I'm using 68 Mb at the moment which ends up being 66 files per disc. I use my NullPacketSaver to split the original large file that I captured in CapDVHS (directly from AVX). I also use NullPacketSaver to restore it back to hard drive for watching. The program automatically prompts me to swap discs when needed. During the transfer back to HD, the program also allows you to re-insert null packets and change the segment size if needed. So it really doesn't matter what size the files are on the disc since I can chose a different size when restoring. Playing HD directly off a DVD-R doesn't work well in my experience...some random stalls, etc. I think I could fix that by writing my own file source filter or custom firewire player with a larger read-ahead cache. I'll probably get to that project after things settle down with mpeg2repair.


-Mark


Edit: If you're afraid of console programs, you can also use NullPacketStripper to do pretty much the same thing but without null packet replacement.

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Dylan


Please share the exact details of how you modded your 3410 to utilize swappable hard drives.


Also, how do you transfer your AVX-1 captures for viewing on your 3410?


And, lastly, what are mfs tools?

Murray,

Most of the mod details (with pics) you have already seen here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...25#post3971325


Captures are transferred to the LG via D-VHS (legacy recordings) or using a Mac with Virtual DVHS (current captures). If you are willing to fiddle with the Firewire connection you can get the 3410A to record directly from the AVX-1! The initial connection is hard to get, but once made the 3410A will record hours and hours of content. I have done a few poor man's timer recordings where I leave the 3410A to record a channel overnight and then edit the 7-8 hour capture down to just the show I wanted. The only problems here are the difficulty in establishing the initial Firewire connection, and you may need several hours of recording time available on the drive.


Mfs tools are a set of data backup tools used for Tivos and other Linux-based STBs that use the mfs file system. I've read anecdotal stories that you can use mfs tools to back up a hard drive from an LST-3410A or a Zenith HDR-230. I will be looking into this later in the week.


-Dylan