H.264 via R5000...working in Beta?

[Ralphjb]

Originally Posted by Fluffdaddy

OK now with these hardware and software upgrades


1)AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200.................... $83.00

2)ASUS A8V-XE Socket 939 Motherboard........... $45.00

3)8500GT 512MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card........ $100.00

4) PowerDVD Ultra Deluxe ver 7.3 ................. $9.94

I'm playing-back H.264 recordings stutter free on 98% of the channels

Yeah. I feel your financial pain. Had to upgrade as well to get this to work.

[Fluffdaddy]

It never seems to end does it? I'm hoping I done with the Sage/HTPC upgrades for 6 months to a year.

although I would like a 2nd R5000 unit. I'm going to really fight the urge to spend

[NEOSG]

Originally Posted by Fluffdaddy

It never seems to end does it? I'm hoping I done with the Sage/HTPC upgrades for 6 months to a year.

although I would like a 2nd R5000 unit. I'm going to really fight the urge to spend

Don't worry your not alone. At least twice I have filled out the upgrade form to replace my 6000 with another 211, only to change my mind. Arrrgggghhhhhh

[camus]

For you guys using the R5000 with Dish, what kind of signal is Dish sending for HD, specifically, are they sending a mix of 720p, 1080i depending on the channel? How about the h.264 ( or whatever for mpeg 4) compressed stuff, is it still conistent as far as resolution? Thanks.

[NEOSG]

Originally Posted by camus

For you guys using the R5000 with Dish, what kind of signal is Dish sending for HD, specifically, are they sending a mix of 720p, 1080i depending on the channel? How about the h.264 ( or whatever for mpeg 4) compressed stuff, is it still conistent as far as resolution? Thanks.

I think it is a mix of 1280x720 for 720p stuff and 1440x1080 for 1080i stuff

I think the only channel that sends 1920x1080i for 1080i stuff is the HD Demo channel I am basing this upon what is reported by Media Player when playing the files. Not by Sage. Sage reports a lot of h.264 stuff as 1080p

[camus]

Originally Posted by NEOSG

I think it is a mix of 1280x720 for 720p stuff and 1440x1080 for 1080i stuff

I think the only channel that sends 1920x1080i for 1080i stuff is the HD Demo channel I am basing this upon what is reported by Media Player when playing the files. Not by Sage. Sage reports a lot of h.264 stuff as 1080p

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Fluffdaddy

4) PowerDVD Ultra Deluxe ver 7.3 ................. $9.94

Where did you find this?

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by camus

Thanks.



Where did you find this?

On ebay. And it's pirated. I wouldn't go there.

thx
mike

[Fluffdaddy]

Originally Posted by camus

Thanks.



Where did you find this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cyberlink-PowerD...QQcmdZViewItem


I registered it with Cyberlink any everything, so it seems legit to me. I guess

Dude been selling it by the boat loads for 3 weeks now, if it was boot I'm sure Cyberlink would have had ebay shut them down by now. But if people have doubts go and spend $100 bucks for the same thing

[DualQuad]

So far things are working better, but I still can't tune/watch all the channels. Channels like Discovery and DiscoveryHD have the same channel number. Has anybody gotten a workaround for this duplicate channel foolishness that they care to share?

Thanks in advance,
DQ

[HawgGuy]

Originally Posted by DualQuad

So far things are working better, but I still can't tune/watch all the channels. Channels like Discovery and DiscoveryHD have the same channel number. Has anybody gotten a workaround for this duplicate channel foolishness that they care to share?

Thanks in advance,
DQ

Yes. The fix is non-intuitive. It's on a thread here someplace. It involves going to the setup of your Dish unit and through setup disabling Dish HD Channels option. It does not disable the HD channels as intuition would lead you to believe, but disables the grouping of SD & HD.

[DualQuad]

Thanks HawgGuy, I will pour over the archives and VIP-211 setup tonight.

[EDIT] Couldnt wait, this link maps to HawgGuy's info

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...ght=dish+setup

Thanks,
DQ