[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD PVR (A bit more info for those starved for it)

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 28, 2008, at 11:47 AM, Robert McNamara wrote:

> In fairness, I didn't do the capture but will vouch that it came
> straight from Hauppauge.  In fairness to all parties, and out of a
> desire to not throw anyone under the bus, I'll say no more than that.
> I know it came from PBS, but can't tell you much more than that.  I
> have little (if any) more information on the device itself beyond what
> is already being thrown about.  I know that was a 9 Mbit CBR stream at
> 1080i, and that the device will do up to 25 Mbit.  Those files would
> be HUGE, however!  From my own perspective, this bitrate would be more
> than adequate.  The .ts it came from is a bit problematic for now, but
> a little hammering from the ffmpeg folks should fix that.  You can't
> play it currently but you *can* dump a few frames with recent mplayer
> SVN, and ffmpeg -i filename *does* inspect the transport properly.  So
> that's an awful good start.

Certainly VERY encouraging. It will make a nice Christmas present to  
myself. That should be enough time to let everyone else deal with the  
headaches of making it all work nicely in Myth. ;)