Hauppauge HD PVR - another thread i know but...

[kk.]

cheapest place to buy it from? Play.com has it at £154.99 which i can get 5% off so its about 147.50. secondly, can you record from a SD freeview box? thirdly, does it work on vista?

Thanks, help appreciated :)

[J0SH]

www.dabs.com I think, it works with 32 bit Vista, if you've got 64 bit you'll need to find drivers online.

[brandon]

Play.com + RAC 5% off is the cheapest place in stock at the moment, believe me because I spent Thursday looking through every single one.

[kk.]

hm, although dabs is cheaper, i trust play.com, never heard of dabs? :S lol.

any idea on the other question?

+rep to both

edit?: have to spread brandon :(

[PaulMacC]

Im using 32-bit Vista and it works.
Yes, order from play 1-2 working days delievery.

[kk.]

Ah right, can u record from a freeview box? It may be a clincher lolol

[PaulMacC]

I've seen other people do it, so yes.

[kk.]

Cheers :) I'll order it sometime soon if I decide it's a yes

[brandon]

If your freeview box is set up via composite cables then yes.

And Dabs.com isn't cheaper, delivery is 5 pounds taking it to 150 quid.

[J0SH]

May aswell go with play.com as it's more trusted :P Paul & Brandon got his from there ;) I dunno if my sister has ordered my one yet :(

[Jord]

paul said its now £120 on play is that true?>

[kk.]

nope, still at the same price
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/7791395/-/Product.html?searchstring=Hauppauge+HD+PVR&searchsource=0

i need the cheapest composite cable now. i only have a HDMI one :'(

[J0SH]

They don't support HDMI cables and it comes with a set of them double ended HDTV cables or whatever, then you just need PS3/360 compoments which should come with your console :P

[kk.]

i watched a video on how to set it up with a ps3 and he said he had to buy some :S?

[J0SH]

Lol they come in the box, but Hauppauge are really bad they sometimes forget to box stuff, Paul didn't get his wire (Hauppauge to PC USB) and neither did Jake, but I think Brandon did :P

[kk.]

hmm, well ill order when i decide to and if it dont come ill blame you.

lol, oj, ill pop to currys if there isnt one

[Hayd93]

Hey,

For those who say DABS is not trusted, they are very very trusted. They have a great customer service and are very helpful.

If i remember correct Dabs plc is owned by BT. I have purchased many things from them including Ram, apple wireless mouse and they have all come fine and on time.

[kk.]

yh but i havnt heard of em lol. plus i have an account with play + free delivery so its cheaper :D

[brandon]

Oops, don't buy composite cables! I meant component cables :$


Hey,

For those who say DABS is not trusted, they are very very trusted. They have a great customer service and are very helpful.

If i remember correct Dabs plc is owned by BT. I have purchased many things from them including Ram, apple wireless mouse and they have all come fine and on time.
Yeah, Dabs and BT Shop are exactly the same

Plus in both of my 2 purchases I got a USB cable :8

[kk.]

i meant component anyway :D

[kk.]

oook,
ive ordered it :D
but i know what i meant now. The component cables, ill need to buy another set because at the minute im going throught a HDMI cable to my TV.
yeh?

[j4k3]

yea, ill help you bcoz i was a noob with it but once i knew wot to do was easy.

so just pm me any time
also check out my videos at

www.youtube.com/user/xRvideos

[kk.]

hey,
bought it :D. now, whats the best thing to convert to? Because when i tried converting to a ps3 format, it said something like encoder failed lol?

[brandon]

What are you converting it with first of all and for what purpose, eg. to upload to YouTube

Plus, out of curiousity how much did you pay for it? It's gone up everywhere now! 175 pounds on Play.com

[kk.]

the arcsoft stuff given and for youtube. If there is a better converter then feel free to tell me.
and i paid at play.com, 147.24 or something :D

[brandon]

You don't need to convert for YouTube, if you don't convert you won't lose any of the quality and YouTube accepts .m2ts files (AVCHD)

[kk.]

ahhh, ok, but if u keep it as the original file, the file size is huge so will take ages uploading... surely?

[kk.]

hmm, well ive recorded in 720p and 1080i and uploaded them. My two videos are on account JRGC17: http://www.youtube.com/user/JRGC17 but it has like a grey box around the outside of it? when im recording its the same.. any help

[PaulMacC]

Mine isnt like that but crop in Sony Vegas.

[kk.]

i only have SV7 :( so doesnt accpet M2TS files. hmm, earlier it looked fine but when i loaded the game up or turned it off and on it changed again?!

[kk.]

can anyone link me to a download of sony vegas 8 pro? that works with the HD files? with a crack/keygen?? +rep to all thtve helped

[j4k3]

get trial of sony vegas pro 8

[J0SH]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQ0x3hyAQM&feature=related

Judging by the comments, the patch works. I'm just about to give it a go.

[kk.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQ0x3hyAQM&feature=related

Judging by the comments, the patch works. I'm just about to give it a go.

doesnt work for me :( it fails to patch it

EDIT: oh wait 1 sec
EDIT2: ok well ive got it open but doesnt work with .M2TS files :/

[PaulMacC]

Gotta run as Admin.

[J0SH]

I followed that, when I ran as admin and ran the patch, I hit activate, I then tried to open Sony Vegas and it just kept saying program has stopped responding, it wouldn't even open. So I had to unistall it and I'm currently installing it.

[kk.]

still doesnt work. i double click/drag and it has the error:

An error occured while opening one or more files.
The reason could not be determined

i dont know how i got mine to work. I patched when it wasnt open, then opened, generated the keygen, inserted, did the registration, said it couldnt contact the server or something then put in the activation key. Seems to be working lol

[J0SH]

Keygens are bloody useless too, when it gives you the second code to use, it's bloody invalid. I guess I'll just have to fork out £40 for it, I suppose it'll be worth it I can't find a way to get full version :(

[j4k3]

init mt2s or w.e files dont work

[PaulMacC]

Work for me :P

[Rockstar]

no offense but $250 to record video games get a dazzle and render decent the and most the time the quality is the same may be a little under but if you can get good render settings your away. Even though I must admit it Is annoying having to remove the HD Cables and switch back to AV when you want to record

[PaulMacC]

There is a big difference in quality, SD and 720p are miles apart.

[Rockstar]

There is a big difference in quality, SD and 720p are miles apart.

yeh but with SD Footage in Final Cut Pro if you got really good render settings you can get good quality for youtube what Im saying is $250 to record video games and put on youtube or what ever your using it for is a bit of a rip-off do you not agree and I agree about the 720p thing cos I play in 720p was just saying

[kk.]

it depends what you do with it rockstar. If you want to review games its great. I plan to do something more with it than just post things. anyway, you can record anything you want like from sky HD or something and become known for HD TV broadcasting

[PaulMacC]

I record stuff off my TV also, it's called a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for a reason.
I hooked it up to my TV's built in PVR so I can now use my TV remote to controll when I went the Hauppauge to record.