Look at the Colossus alternative we can't use!

[panteragstk]

Found this while browsing amazon. Too bad we won't be able to use it...

http://www.amazon.com/AVERMEDIA-Capt...pauge+colossus

[Beefcake550]

Beautiful card......so what is the technical reason we can't use this? I thought that if it had standard Windows drivers, we may be able to use that generic driver that someone developed for Sage (kinda like the network encoder?). I'm just brain storming here.....

[KeithAbbott]

fyi, from the AVerMedia website:

Q: Can audio be recorded in Dolby 5.1?

A: Live Gamer HD capture card doesn’t support recording audio in Dolby 5.1.

Also, 1080i and 1080p is recorded at 1080p 30fps, no 1080p 60fps support.

[Beefcake550]

Ugh... deal breaker. Guess I'll buy another Colossuss then.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by KeithAbbott

fyi, from the AVerMedia website:

Q: Can audio be recorded in Dolby 5.1?

A: Live Gamer HD capture card doesn’t support recording audio in Dolby 5.1.

Also, 1080i and 1080p is recorded at 1080p 30fps, no 1080p 60fps support.

Wow, amazon specifically says 1080p 60fps support. They should probably fix that.

Beautiful card......so what is the technical reason we can't use this? I thought that if it had standard Windows drivers, we may be able to use that generic driver that someone developed for Sage (kinda like the network encoder?). I'm just brain storming here.....

The above is enough for me. However, if they did get the 5.1 support issue solved, or added, or whatever this would be a nice alternative. I just figured that the setup wouldn't work properly, I've never used a card that wasn't "officially" supported by sage.

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

Wow, amazon specifically says 1080p 60fps support. They should probably fix that.

The card can handle 1080p 60fps input, but it records it at 30fps. So I guess it depends on your definition of "support".

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by KeithAbbott

The card can handle 1080p 60fps input, but it records it at 30fps. So I guess it depends on your definition of "support".

Actually supporting it. Converting it to 30fps isn't support, it's a workaround so you can say you support something. For us, stuff like that isn't that big a deal, but for joe shmoe user that has no clue, companies are selling them something they aren't actually getting...kind of.

Stuff like that just irritates me.

[KeithAbbott]

A while back, I was shopping for an inexpensive handheld camcorder for my daughter, ala Flip video. Most of them are advertised as 1080p, but if you look closely, it's 30fps. I ended up buying one that was 720p 60fps.

Technically, they are correct, it is 1080p. However, the video quality would be more like 1080i, I suspect. The packaging would probably look something like this:

This camcorder supports 1080p

* at 30fps

Maybe I should go into advertising/packaging...

[emveepee]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

Found this while browsing amazon. Too bad we won't be able to use it...

IMO it's not that exciting a device but it might be able to work with SGraphRecorder.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1393580/av...#post_21680232

Martin

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by emveepee

IMO it's not that exciting a device but it might be able to work with SGraphRecorder.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1393580/av...#post_21680232

Martin

TBH I was being facetious. My colossus works just fine.