Help with HDPVR 1212 and Sage

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by Fencepost

How do you use Sage to transcode the file? I tried DVD Flick like was suggested but the file was big, All I use is HDPVR and it is needed for recording ball games and burn them to DVD, no IPOD.

Make sure in DVD Flick you have set the option under General for Target Size (DVD 4.3GB) and under Video Target Bit Rate of Auto-fit. Under Audio make sure bitrate is Auto. I've managed to burn recordings of 10GB-11GB in size and had it fit fine on a single-sided DVD with that tool.

I don't use Sage for compressing videos so I can't help you there. Someone else may chime in or contact SageTV support.

Gerry

[Fencepost]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Make sure in DVD Flick you have set the option under General for Target Size (DVD 4.3GB) and under Video Target Bit Rate of Auto-fit. Under Audio make sure bitrate is Auto. I've managed to burn recordings of 10GB-11GB in size and had it fit fine on a single-sided DVD with that tool.

I don't use Sage for compressing videos so I can't help you there. Someone else may chime in or contact SageTV support.

Gerry

Trying it now.... Is the quality any good? or anywhere near HD?
Roger

[gplasky]

Less than HD. But better than DVD. It also depends on how much it actually has to compress. I have HD recordings that are less than 7 GB so less compression needs to be done.

Gerry

[Fencepost]

Originally Posted by gplasky

Less than HD. But better than DVD. It also depends on how much it actually has to compress. I have HD recordings that are less than 7 GB so less compression needs to be done.

Gerry

ok I tried it and it failed to burn........

It went through and encoded but would never give option to burn dvd.

[Fencepost]

Hold on on answering, I think something corrupted the file. Will advise.

[Fencepost]

I recorded another file and it burned to DVD but my Toshiba HD DVD player said wasn't a dvd.?

[Fencepost]

Well, as of now, DVD Flick will not work. Nothing seems to work the way it needs to. I cannot update Sage to the new version, it says Sage has encountered error and needs to close. I think some of the problems might be coming from Toshiba DVD player. I have checked and I want the Vizio blue ray that Walmart will have exclusively in July. I have a Vizio 48 1080p TV that I a really happy with.
Roger

[briands]

Originally Posted by Beefcake550

WHS = Windows Home Server (the OS on my server)

Well, that is the problem. I had to go into the driectory which contained the Arcsoft software itself and ran install.exe rather than the generic install.exe in the root dir.

Beef, I am trying to get the HDPVR working on my WHS box and am having trouble. What driver version are you running?
Do you watch on an HD extender?

I have two different problems. First, I get a load of errors associated with the HDPVR recordings. Second when a recording is actually successful, I can not watch on the extenders, only get a black screen. These play OK on my client or Placeshifter.

[Fencepost]

I have recorded several TV shows and all are .ts extensions. I have tried everything from VLC to VideoRedo beta, zoom, km player and nothing will open them except arcsoft that came with HDPVR. Needless to say if I can't open then I ma having no luck converting for DVD. Every piece of software says it much close as soon as it opens the file. This is about a sucky as sucky gets and I don't know what to do.
any help would be appreciated much. I got DVD FLICK to work one time and it took 6 hours and it was unwatchable. Is there any way for HDPVR to record in anything other than.ts? Do i need to change something in Sage settinigs?
Rog

[gplasky]

But if you're recording HD you're going to end up with a file that could be 12-15 GB in size. By the time you compress that down to fit on a DVD it wouldn't really be worth watching. That's why it takes 6 hours to convert. And that's why they came up with BlueRay to hold HD material. If you want to burn to DVD record in SD. As you have found out there are not many programs that can edit or work very well with h.264 format files. And no-the HD-PVR outputs h.264 files only. Regardless if is saved as a .ts or a .ps file extension. I use DVDFlick to burn to DVD but these are usually 1 hour TV shows that are around 6 GB in size. It works very well and probably takes a couple of hours to process.

Gerry

[Fencepost]

it was a hour show and the size of .ts file was 3.9 gb. i have it set to "good" quality.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by Fencepost

it was a hour show and the size of .ts file was 3.9 gb. i have it set to "good" quality.

DVD Flick with mostly default settings should have produced a watchable DVD in 2-3 hours for a single sided disc. Are you recording the audio in AC3 from the HD-PVR? Or ACC?

Gerry

[Fencepost]

Originally Posted by gplasky

DVD Flick with mostly default settings should have produced a watchable DVD in 2-3 hours for a single sided disc. Are you recording the audio in AC3 from the HD-PVR? Or ACC?

Gerry

I think it is AC3 but I am so tired of reading, I can't remember where you change it. I am desperate. Ball games start right away and I have not had 1 successfull convert Arcsoft will start to burn DVD then says it has encountered error and must close.

[Fencepost]

Which audio encoders is anyone using for the HDPVR? When I select Arcsoft audio encoder, it shuts down Sage. What I need is the one that will conversion from within Sage to DVD. Some of the time it will let me use Sage to convert to DVD bit most of the time it wont. This is the "convert" when you select a recording from Sage recordings.
Thanks,
Roger