You have a choice of TS or M2TS containers. The HD PVR captures signals the way they come in. About the only non-HDCP sources are camcorders. So you probably won't be capturing from your cable or satellite box via HDMI. The Avermedia HD box will not capture HDCP protected sources. I think this site still has some samples from the HD PVR: If not, you'll need a dual core CPU at least.
If the graphics card supports DXVA CPU usage is minimal. If you display the video while capturing CPU resources will vary depending on whether or not your graphics card supports DXVA. If you don't display the video while capturing almost no CPU is used (all the CPU does is take bits from the USB port and write them to a file). All video is h.264 encoded, audio AAC or AC3 encoded. A 720p60 input is captured as a 720p60 file. A 480i30 input is captured as a 480i30 file. The HD PVR captures signals the way they come in (I have one). You can determine this with the AviSynth Interleave() command in preview mode from recordings over a repeating channel. As far as my Hauppauge 1950 is concerned, I have even found the quality, believe it or not, slightly better with Beyond TV over WinTV. There are other tools, like Beyond TV, GB-PVR, etc, that should do an adequate job.
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Then again, I'd love to know this as well.Īs for software that comes with the unit, I wouldn't spend too much time agonizing over this as reviewers in several sites seem unhappy with these apps. I probably would be prepared to stick with MPEG-2, and the incumbent hardware for SD, when only capturing to SD.
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How do both compare when it comes to PC resources? An ideal solution for many, particularly when it comes to HD and/or analog capture, would be when a stand-alone encoder does most of the work, and only uses the PC for management and storage.Īs for SD, I don't think these units would be high quality given that they may use a Baseline version of H.264 which is fit for maybe iPod at best. I am so going to be tuned in to this thread, since I'm in the same boat as you.Ĭan I add some questions/comments too? Figured you wouldn't mind. I might find the hdmi useful but I also have hdmi/component out on the storing computer so it's not a critical feature. The 5.1 audio is not important for me right now. do they upconvert to h.264 or do they leave the signal in sd format and capture to sd mpeg2?Ģ) They both capture and compress using hardware to h.264 but I'm not sure if they are both to the native generic ts format.
They both use hardware compression to h.264 minimizing cpu usageġ) It's unknown to me whether both units treat the sd signal the same way? ie. They both have the infrared extender to send signals from the PC scheduler through the PVR unit to the cable box to control channel changing. The Hauppauge uses Wintv for scheduling and the Avermedia has it's own scheduler but they both look about equal.
The Avermedia doesn't come with the remote but it has the sensor built-in and it can learn a remote. The Hauppauge comes with a remote but it can't be used with the included software. They both have component input for analog hd up to 1080i and pass-through out The Hauppauge has 5:1 audio and the Avermedia has only stereo The Avermedia has a hdmi to view the recorded video and the Hauppauge does not. I want to buy either the Avermedia ($200) or the Hauppauge model 1212/1219 ($220) but I can't seem to make up my mind. I hate it when the originating show is HD but I have to watch the sd capture because I missed the live HD show. Right now I record from the svideo out with a pci tuner card but of course it's only sd. My aim is to use the device as a computer based time shifting pvr by recording the component 1080i from my cable box to h.264.
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