Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212 On Network Hub

[Taddeusz]

I'm about to pull the trigger on buying one of these devices:

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_i...seq=1&format=2

Wondering if anyone successfully has the HD-PVR running off a network USB hub? I want to virtualize my SageTV server instance but needing the HD-PVR connected via USB has been preventing me from pulling the trigger on it. I may order one anyway but just want to get some opinions or experience on this.

[BobPhoenix]

Sorry can't comment on the device you mention.

But I have my HD-PVR's connected to a USB card passed through to a Windows 7 VM on ESXi 5.0. I'm using a USB 3.0 card now but was using USB 2.0 card before. Works well for me with the following quirks: The USB 2.0 card took up 3 ESXi PCI devices to get all ports working - shows as 3 linked devices that ALL have to be passed through for all ports to work. With the USB 3.0 card ESXi doesn't initialize the HD-PVRs correctly when it boots so I have to cycle the HD-PVRs after the VM boots every time I reboot ESXi but not every time I restart the Windows VM. I also have passed through a MB USB controller and used HVR-950Qs - but not HD-PVRs however.

So unless you have other reasons for not wanting to pass through a USB controller I wouldn't let USB devices stop you from virtualizing SageTV.

[Taddeusz]

I'm actually using Hyper-V for virtualization so hardware passthrough is not possible.

[Skirge01]

My setup is similar to BobPhoenix's and it works just fine with the USB 2.0 ports I'm passing through. This passthrough requirement is the reason I didn't go with Hyper-V. I would be concerned about the HD-PVR working as a network device, though. It's already a touchy device and then you add a hypervisor to the mix and now you want to try and twist the the functionality from USB to ethernet? I just think that's asking for trouble. But, it may very well work just fine! I just wouldn't want to be the guinea pig.

[KryptoNyte]

One reviewer mentioned that there is no bi-directional printer support. If that means the unit can't transmit communication back to the computer, that would probably kill any remote possibility this might work in the first place.

Whenever a person uses one of these for a printer connection, you have to map the printer driver to a network port - is this even possible to map the Hauppauge device driver in this fashion?