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Old 11-15-2008, 04:15 AM
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HDPVR transcoding
Taken from the 6.5.1 release notes:
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27. HDPVR transcoding should now function correctly in SageTVTranscoder
Does this mean HDPVR transcoding to the Placeshifter and MVP Extender? In my experience, transcoding to the MVP still doesn't work.
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Old 11-15-2008, 06:27 AM
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I wonder if it just means that the Convert function will now work with HDPVR files.
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Old 11-15-2008, 08:31 AM
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There are a lot of them, but please read ALL the release notes... further down it says:
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6. HDPVR playback is now supported
As usual, report any problems to SageTV.

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Old 11-15-2008, 10:59 AM
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HD PVR Transcoding not working for MVP
Anyone have any luck with this yet?

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Old 11-17-2008, 03:14 PM
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Has there been any word on this? I tried to submit a ticket but there is no selection for beta release or HD-PVR....
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Old 11-17-2008, 06:42 PM
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Neither has work for me. Playback of HD-PVR recordings fails both on the MVP and Placeshifter. When I have time, I'll email them my log.
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Has there been any word on this? I tried to submit a ticket but there is no selection for beta release or HD-PVR....
Assuming you are at this page, just choose "Other" at the bottom of the list and type "HD-PVR" in the "Others" box on the right of it.
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Old 11-18-2008, 08:04 PM
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HDPVR playback to my desktop is now working after a co-worker mentioned
trying setting my STB (moto) to 720p vs 1080i.
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Old 02-01-2009, 02:35 PM
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Being using all the 6.5.x betas, now in 6.5.8, I still can't transcode HDPVR files to the placeshifter. Isn't this suppose to work by now?
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I have been able to play HDPVR files on both my MediaMVP and the HD200. I was actually a bit surprised it worked as well as it does on the MediaMVP.

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Edit: BTW.. I'm on the 6.5.8 RC
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Old 02-02-2009, 11:53 AM
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I got an HD200 to replace my MVP, so transcoding to MVP doesn't matter to me anymore, but I'm glad its working. How much CPU usage does it use on you server when transcoding to the MVP? And what CPU do you have?

So does anyone have HDPVR recordings transcoded to Placeshifter working?
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I have it working to placeshifter and HD100 in placeshifter mode, provided I have my cablebox set to not output 1080i (720p, 480p & 480i all work).
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I think all my recordings are 1080i, and they don't transcode.
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Basically 1080i hd-pvr recordings can't be transcoded properly, or played back properly using placeshifter. mplayer/ffmpeg and friends libavcodec do not handle the 1080i streams properly. 720p and below all work fine, so just lock your STB to 720p instead of 1080i and you will be fine.
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I got an HD200 to replace my MVP, so transcoding to MVP doesn't matter to me anymore, but I'm glad its working. How much CPU usage does it use on you server when transcoding to the MVP? And what CPU do you have?

So does anyone have HDPVR recordings transcoded to Placeshifter working?
I keep forgetting to look at it when I'm playing transcoding from the HDPVR to the MediaMVP. I am however looking at the proc transcoding to Placeshifter. Its a SD channel and I'm using on average 30% utiliation. This is a dual-core AMD 2.8 Ghz. There is also another SD recording from an analog tuner going on at the same time.

Even when transcodering a HD signal from HDPVR to Placeshifter I'm still getting about 30% proc utilization. I have it set to stream at 300k since I'm at work and don't want to get too much attendtion from the network guys.

EDIT: FYI: Transcoding from a SD HDHR channel only uses about 15% CPU. Transcodering a HD HDHR signal is more then the HDPVR averaging from 35-40%.
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Basically 1080i hd-pvr recordings can't be transcoded properly, or played back properly using placeshifter. mplayer/ffmpeg and friends libavcodec do not handle the 1080i streams properly. 720p and below all work fine, so just lock your STB to 720p instead of 1080i and you will be fine.
If this is the case (and I have no reason to doubt you) then why doesn't Sage mention this in the documentation? They do say this:

27. HDPVR transcoding should now function correctly in SageTVTranscoder

Shouldn't that be qualified to say that this is only the case for 720p?
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