What does a HD PVR do?
With the HD-PVR, you can schedule and automatically record your favorite shows in high definition directly from cable TV and satellite set top boxes. As an added feature, the HD-PVR also includes S-Video inputs so you can convert all your old home video tapes into Blu-ray DVD recordings.
How much is the HD PVR?
2 now supports HD PVR available from the Hauppauge webstore at a cost of $9.95 (plus shipping).
How do I update my PVR decoder?
You can manually update the software as follows :
- Press the blue DStv button.
- Go to Settings.
- Select User Preferences.
- Select General.
- Select Download latest software.
- (If this option is greyed out, the decoder is already on the latest software)
How long should a PVR last?
The standard amount is 500GB of recording space for a good PVR and should get you about 70 hours of high-definition recording quality.
Why is my MythTV HD PVR not working?
Once the tuner has been added as an encoder in MythTV, it is vital that the user not access the tuner in outside programs such as cat, VLC, and mplayer. This can lead to MythTV’s connection with the driver becoming unstable, and subsequent recordings failing until the driver is reloaded and power is cycled on the HD-PVR.
Is the Hauppauge HD PVR 2 compatible with Linux?
No HD-PVR 2 models are supported in Linux. There is an early, testing version of a HD-PVR 2 driver for Linux available at ftp://ftp.hauppauge.com/Support/Test/Lin/hauppauge_driver_src_ver5.tgz The Hauppauge HD-PVR Model 1212. The Hauppauge HD-PVR is the first consumer-level analog HD capture device available.
What kind of device is a HD PVR?
The HD-PVR is a USB device that captures the component video outputs and analog/optical audio outputs of any consumer device (including cable/satellite set-top-boxes, HD disk players, video game consoles, and various other home media devices).
How big is a H.264 HD PVR stream?
A 13.5 Mb/s H.264 stream is roughly equivalent to a full-channel-bitrate MPEG-2 recording at approximately 19 Mb/s. The HD-PVR uses modern codecs capable of exceptional compression rates at excellent quality. The tradeoff is that decoding H.264 material is very processor-intensive.