[mythtvnz] Hauppauge HDPVR My Experience

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Tim Lockyer <drtimlockyer at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Since setting up Mythbuntu some years ago I used a Hauppauge *WinTV*-*
> PVR*-*150 **PCI* capture card connected to my SKY box. Over several years
> I became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the video capture.
> In particular I was not able to get full screen on many channels for some
> reason. I recently changed to a Hauppauge HDPVR and changed my box for a
> SKYBOX F3. Both are working well. No problem setting up the HDPVR in
> MythBuntu. I was however unable to get the YPbPr connection between the F3
> and the HDPVR to give the results I wanted. As a result I added a HDMI to
> YPbPr Video converter connected between the F3 HDMI output and the HDPVR
> YpbPr Input which added to the cost. The latest Firmware Driver and Kernel
> needs to be used, otherwise there is a problem with Over-saturation see
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR.
>
>  The file sizes have reduced significantly:
>
>  *WinTV*-*PVR*-*150 **PCI **= Are you being served 33 minutes 1.18 GB =
> 0.035757 GB per minute.*
>
> *HDPVR = Are you being served 33 minutes 0.47 GB = 0.0142424 GB per
> minute.*
>
>  The above is without any additional transcoding. This represents about a
> 50 percent saving on disk storage. I do however run the F3 at 480p which is
> definitely not high definition. The results are perfectly acceptable on my
> 42 inch screen. I did run a test of TV One and HD it came out at 0.02694 GB
> per minute. However had nothing to compare this result to.
>

That'll be the difference between mpeg2 encoding on the 150 vs h264
encoding on the hdpvr.

Thanks for the report.

Nick
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