Hauppauge WinTV HD PVR (H.264) screenshot and pre-order link

[dvd_maniac]

Just received a reply from Hauppauge on commercial cutting:

Hello,

The software provided also has a cuts editor.

Regards,

Jerry Fox
jfox@hauppauge.com
Technical Support

I sent a reply back asking for clarification between cutting and trimming...
But hopefully

[lobosrul]

Originally Posted by dvd_maniac

Just received a reply from Hauppauge on commercial cutting:



I sent a reply back asking for clarification between cutting and trimming...
But hopefully

Maybe hint that it include a command line cutter (from an edl list).

[dvd_maniac]

Nope, They said the included video program can indeed handle cuts from inside the program... I wonder if this will work for all H.264/ACC files or just the AVCHD files produced by the HD-PVR?

[morikaweb]

Out of curiosity has anyones CC been billed for the HD-PVR? Just wondering as mine has not, I hope that does not indicate a problem.

[sleonard]

Originally Posted by morikaweb

Out of curiosity has anyones CC been billed for the HD-PVR? Just wondering as mine has not, I hope that does not indicate a problem.

They won't charge your CC until it ships. Normal practice for online retailers.

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[IVB]

DirecTV came on Friday, installed the HD. I'm watching SciFiHD now, and keep pressing the "pause" button but it doesn't do anything. Damn. LiveTV sucks sooo bad.

Oy, I want my HD-DVR to ship!

[morikaweb]

Originally Posted by sleonard

They won't charge your CC until it ships. Normal practice for online retailers.

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Thanks I'll wait and see then.

[subhadipsas]

Probably everybody already knows, but here it is:

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hd_pvr.html

* merged *

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by IVB

DirecTV came on Friday, installed the HD. I'm watching SciFiHD now, and keep pressing the "pause" button but it doesn't do anything. Damn. LiveTV sucks sooo bad.

Oy, I want my HD-DVR to ship!

My CableCo just added a couple of new HD chanels, so the temptation to set up the HD-DVR is that much higher now. Just need conformation that the HD extender will play these files back and I'll be ready to get one of each (when the budget allows).

[personalt]

I had the same question.. I just did a direct tv upgrade to the dual tuner HR21. I was wondering with Sage TV with or without this Hauppauge box I would I have been better off with two regular HD DirectTV boxes then a dual tuner directv pvr?

I assume since Sage via this Hauppauge box rides on the component outputs it cant see that second tuner anyway.. And if Iwant to replicate what the directv pvr does to record two shows I should get two basic directv HD boxes and/or get hdhomerun or similar to pick up these hd shows via over the air when they are from CBS/NBC/FOX?

Originally Posted by Shield

So here's my questions - I have 2 Dual tuner HR21-700's from Directv. I assume this would always "tie up" one of the tuners? I'm just confused if I'm recording two things at once, will it only output whatever I'm watching?
Should I just get a single tuner mpeg-4 H20 Directv box and let this Hauppage box control it?
Will there be guide data for this in Sage?

[Stuntman]

Maybe the answer to this is here already and I just missed it.. sorry if that is the case!!

But I wonder.. how will we integrate this into the Sage System? It looks like the interface is USB.. will this connect into the USB port on the HD Extenders? How will the recordings get to our servers? Or will this unit plug straight into our servers via USB and then we can use the network for transporting to the extenders?

For me.. if I could put it all into a single closet and only run RJ45 to the Extenders.. that would be the cleanest way to do it! If this was the case and the extenders had CD/DVD drives in them, it would eliminate a whole lot of equipment from my entertainment center!

Just wondering how this might be integrated!

Thanks!

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by Stuntman

But I wonder.. how will we integrate this into the Sage System? It looks like the interface is USB.. will this connect into the USB port on the HD Extenders?

Now that is a great idea! I REALLY hope this will be the case, but I'm not holding my breath.

If it does not plug into the extender you can either make sure it is located close enough to the server to plag into the server directly, or you can buy some USB to Ethernet adapters (which are about $100 if I remember correctly.)

[sleonard]

This device connects directly to the server via USB. Think the VBOX Cat's Eye except instead of an ATSC tuner it has an HD encoder and instead of connecting to an antenna it connects to a set-top box using component inputs.

It would make no sense to connect this directly to the extenders just as it makes no sense to connect your other tuners to the extenders. That's what the server is for.

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[sleonard]

I sent Hauppage an email asking if the drivers would support more than one of these devices per system and here is the reply:

Hello,



The drivers are capable of multiple boards but this has not been tested by us at this time. All of our software is for single installs of the hardware. This question might be better addressed to Sage TV.



Regards,



Jerry Fox

jfox@hauppauge.com

Technical Support

Hauppauge Computer Works

New York

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[Fluffdaddy]

Hummmm

[camped69]

Is there anyway that a single core cpu will work with this? It's been mentioned that a tuner will also be needed. Could someone recommend an appropriate tuner to use?

[mistergq]

hopefully Sage will support at least two because, I ordered two

[sagepower]

Originally Posted by camped69

Is there anyway that a single core cpu will work with this? It's been mentioned that a tuner will also be needed. Could someone recommend an appropriate tuner to use?

I plan to use this in a single core xp2800 CPU sage server which is already supporting 2 HDTV ATSC cards and a Hauppauge 500. Since this a hardware encoder I would imagine that the horsepower will be needed to edit or play back the video which I will be doing on the clients. This is not a tuner but a video capture card. You don't necessarily need a tuner card but its nice to have a separate OTA HDTV tuner to record local network feeds.

[stroths]

Originally Posted by sleonard

I sent Hauppage an email asking if the drivers would support more than one of these devices per system and here is the reply:



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That is promising since the drivers support multiple devices. Looks like the software is the only limiting factor and as long as SageTV works it it, dual (or more) support shouldn't be an issue.

[subhadipsas]

Originally Posted by sagepower

I plan to use this in a single core xp2800 CPU sage server which is already supporting 2 HDTV ATSC cards and a Hauppauge 500. Since this a hardware encoder I would imagine that the horsepower will be needed to edit or play back the video which I will be doing on the clients. This is not a tuner but a video capture card. You don't necessarily need a tuner card but its nice to have a separate OTA HDTV tuner to record local network feeds.

I also think the client machine needs all the horsepower. But hopefully not a lot of horsepower!! I have a Canon AVCHD camcorder and the raw files from the camcorder is not smooth at all with 100% CPU usage when played back in my machine with XP 2400+, 7600 GS 512 mb, 1 gb RAM. One difference though - the Canon does a 1080p AVCHD at a high bit rate. May be (hopefully) 720p AVCHD will be less taxing.

AVCHD is a great algorithm for file size - but very complex for older CPUs.