Colossus with sage

[srothwell]

Hi... Just asking a quick question because the colossus thread has 1900 replies...

One of my hdpvr units died. Am I going to be ok using colossus? Is it supported natively with the last version of sage? Will it support the hdmi input for audio and video?

Lastly, I am running windows 2008 R2 for the sage server. The normal windows 7 drivers for the original hdpvr work just fine, so I assume the win 7 drivers for colossus will work, too.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by srothwell

Hi... Just asking a quick question because the colossus thread has 1900 replies...

That should tell you something right there.

[srothwell]

Yes, but good or bad... ?

[sumrtym]

Mixed bag for me. You can see the problem I'm having if you read the Stumbled on a great solution for using Colossus HDMI input? thread near the end (my HDMI channels are not copy freely). I'm having some weird issue with HDMI input when not with component / optical (other than some interference).

My first card was bad (no signal in sage, slideshow video with no audio in Showbiz). Replacing that card with a new one and no other change started allowing video capture (with the above issues).

[SWKerr]

I have two Colossus running on a i5 z77\setup with Windows8 and they have been perfect for about 4 months.

I had them for about a year before the latest build with different results. I am not sure if it was the machines they were in, new drivers or Windows8 but the card work great now.

I am not using the HDMI because I am not sure when DirecTV may start blocking channels and I don't want to miss any recordings. I really can't see the difference in quality.

The Colossus recording quality is a slight improvement over my HD-PVRs.

[davephan]

Originally Posted by srothwell

One of my hdpvr units died.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

The HDPVR power supplies are not reliable in the long run. I replaced one already when my HDPVR died. That fixed the problem. I ordered a couple spare power supplies so I will have one on hand the next time the power supply goes bad. Maybe it would be better to replace the power supply with a higher quality power supply. If you search around the forum, you'll find that HDPVR power supply problems are pretty common.

Dave