ADS Pyro A/V capture?

[PeteInSF]

Could this work as a capture device? It has a component video input!

http://www.adstech.com/products/API_550/pdf/API550b.pdf

Pete

[Mmactyre]

Wow! This is an old post with no reply. I'm looking at the same unit. Anyone know if this thing work with SageTV?

Thanks!

[sticky]

its still onyl 720X480.. it will give you very little advantage over svideo capture

[Mmactyre]

Originally Posted by sticky

its still onyl 720X480.. it will give you very little advantage over svideo capture

Actually, I'm more interested in the component video in function right now. I got used to the crisp picture afforded by my heavily hacked Directv Tivo, and the picture I'm recording with S-Video looks a bit washed out. Do you have another suggestion for component video in?

Thanks!

[stanger89]

At 480i there should be very little difference between S/Video and Component. It sounds like you need to calibrate your current S/Video card.

WRT to component in cards, there's pretty much nothing, for two reasons:
1) Recording >480i component is pretty much impossible to do cheaply
2) Recording 480i compoenent is near pointless since it's negligibly better than S/Video.

[Mmactyre]

Originally Posted by stanger89

At 480i there should be very little difference between S/Video and Component. It sounds like you need to calibrate your current S/Video card.

I'm pretty new to this whole TV/SageTV thing and appreciate the input. I don't know how to calibrate my S-Video settings. I have the ConvertX TV-402U, which I bought with the SageTV. I'm noticing a big difference in quality of the output between the Tivo/Receiver and the PC/Receiver setup. I assumed that this was due to having an extra step in converting to analogue with the PC setup that isn't needed with Tivo setup. So, I was trying to get the cleanest signal I can to the PC from the Receiver. Sounds good in theory, but it seems (from what you are saying) like I might be chasing an unattainable dream.

Also regardless to whether component in is a good way to go, I'd still like to know if the Pyro A/V is compatible with SageTV. Anyone know?

[stanger89]

I'm pretty certain the Pyro isn't supported, looks like it converts to DV which isn't a supported format.

Oh, and yes there will be loss due to the analog conversion in the recording that your DTivo doesn't do.

Now as for calibrating, if you go to the Sage Community website (link in my sig) there are instructions for calibrating a PVR 250, I don't know if they apply to the ConvertX or not.

Oh, and another thing, how are you outputting Sage to your TV? Have you calibrated your TV to that (using something like Digital Video Essentials)?