Hauppauge Colossus HD-PVR

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

29192

where do I find that? Hauppage website has a newer driver

[SHS]

On shspvr rigth here
http://www.shspvr.com/ftp/download/colossus/

[sacrament055]

So out of curiosity what problems are there with the 3 newer drivers listed on SHS's site?

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by SHS

On shspvr rigth here
http://www.shspvr.com/ftp/download/colossus/

One more Question SHS.

Now that you know this is a Sage problem, have you filed a new bug report with Sage to see if they can provide a fix for this?

[SHS]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

One more Question SHS.

Now that you know this is a Sage problem, have you filed a new bug report with Sage to see if they can provide a fix for this?

Need to say filing a new bug report with Sage will do us no good after all SageTV is no more how ever we can only hope that Google has something plan in works if not well there nothing that can be done.

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by SHS

Need to say filing a new bug report with Sage will do us no good after all SageTV is no more how ever we can only hope that Google has something plan in works if not well there nothing that can be done.

I thought I remembered hearing they were still accepting support requests

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

So out of curiosity what problems are there with the 3 newer drivers listed on SHS's site?

Well, the version I'm using has worked perfectly for the past 2 months with no bad recordings. I just updated the hardware in my server and went ahead and updated to windows 7 as well. Installed the same colossus driver and didn't mess with the delay to record setting (was using 12 sec, now using 4) and there are no issues.

I really think that the colossus's ability to record perfectly has more to do with the output signal the stb is feeding it. It makes no sense that it works so well for me and so poorly for others.

[metzz71]

I have the audio sync problem consistently. I did however capture a movie via PPV and did not experience the audio sync issue. Due to lack of commercials????

I will also say, I have the audio sync problem in both Showbiz and SageTV.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by metzz71

I have the audio sync problem consistently. I did however capture a movie via PPV and did not experience the audio sync issue. Due to lack of commercials????

I will also say, I have the audio sync problem in both Showbiz and SageTV.

I honestly think the STB is to blame. It seems to be the only variable in the colossus equation. Maybe there was no issue because it was a constant audio stream? I'd test a blu-ray player locked at 720p with the same audio config as your stb and see if it happens. I bet it doesn't.

[metzz71]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

I honestly think the STB is to blame. It seems to be the only variable in the colossus equation. Maybe there was no issue because it was a constant audio stream? I'd test a blu-ray player locked at 720p with the same audio config as your stb and see if it happens. I bet it doesn't.

you are correct, it does not happen with blu ray or dvd, anything with constant stream.

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

Well, the version I'm using has worked perfectly for the past 2 months with no bad recordings. I just updated the hardware in my server and went ahead and updated to windows 7 as well. Installed the same colossus driver and didn't mess with the delay to record setting (was using 12 sec, now using 4) and there are no issues.

I really think that the colossus's ability to record perfectly has more to do with the output signal the stb is feeding it. It makes no sense that it works so well for me and so poorly for others.

Got it. Mine is supposed to show up today so ill see if following your setup works for me

Thanks for the info

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

Got it. Mine is supposed to show up today so ill see if following your setup works for me

Thanks for the info

What STB will you be using it with?

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

What STB will you be using it with?

DirecTV H24

[TechBill]

Originally Posted by SHS

Need to say filing a new bug report with Sage will do us no good after all SageTV is no more how ever we can only hope that Google has something plan in works if not well there nothing that can be done.

Yeah I am disappointment to see that you managed to determine it was SageTV side afterall.

I been sending them logs after logs and sent them anything they wanted from me and did all the steps they asked me to do trying to resolve this CPU drainage issue with colossus then one day *bang* SageTV is no more ...

I was crushed, I didn't mind if they sold off to Google or if SageTV was no more but I only wished they had fixed this one last issue before selling off.

Hopefully this sell out turn out to be a good thing and there will be a SageTV version on next GoogleTV but only thing that worries me is that it gonna be plastered with ads and they will put some type of anti-commerial skip code in it too.


Bill

[TechBill]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

I thought I remembered hearing they were still accepting support requests

On hardware devices like HD300 etc that I believe they still accept support requests for, I doubt it on the software end thou.


Bill

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

DirecTV H24

You should be good. I had an issue with a recording yesterday when testing I've upped it to 8 seconds and it works perfectly.

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

You should be good. I had an issue with a recording yesterday when testing I've upped it to 8 seconds and it works perfectly.

changed the delay to 8000 as you suggested and so far so good. I also removed the 480i and 480p options from directv to eliminate the need for 2 different encoders. now it will choose between 720p and 1080i only.

Thanks for your help

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by sacrament055

changed the delay to 8000 as you suggested and so far so good. I also removed the 480i and 480p options from directv to eliminate the need for 2 different encoders. now it will choose between 720p and 1080i only.

Thanks for your help

No problem. I don't use the colossus for SD material. It REALLY doesn't like sd.

[Rico66]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

No problem. I don't use the colossus for SD material. It REALLY doesn't like sd.

That's not a Colossus problem, it's just Sage. You can playback/record SD Colossus recordings outside of Sage just fine.

[sacrament055]

Originally Posted by Rico66

That's not a Colossus problem, it's just Sage. You can playback/record SD Colossus recordings outside of Sage just fine.

Good to know. So far so good with using just 720p, 1080i though so if that's what it takes along with nightly service restarts then that's not so bad.