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<blockquote data-quote="skoka123" data-source="post: 787415" data-attributes="member: 86957">May be I spoke too early on the HDCP. One of the programs (actually a movie that is still running in theaters) was broadcasted last weekend. I could only get the audio but to no video save for the last 5 minutes of the movie. I am not sure if it is problem with the STB or HDCP.OK - I did some more research on the recording and playback.I am using 4TR for recording. Setting up recording from the 4TR management console I see that the CPU utilization is &lt; 10%. If I watch live TV in MP the CPU utilization is ~ 60% for SD content and ~ 100% for HD content. If I watch the live TV from a client PC, then the CPU utilization on the HTPC server is around 15 to 20%.When I playback a recorded program on the HTPC in MP the CPU utilization is ~ 50%. The same video when I playback on WMP it is around &lt; 15%. On VLC it is &lt; 65%.What seems to be the problem? Obviously Hardware Encoding is working. Doesn't Hardware Decoding also work? It seems like there is some problem with the playback codec defined in MP config. I think I should experiment with the codecs. Am I going in the right direction?BTW, all recordings are in MPEG-2 even those in HD.Now the questions that's been killing me is this. A 37 minute SD recording is consuming 2.05 GB and the windows file properties and also the media properties in WMP says that it is a 23 Hrs 4 min 4 secs recording. VLC just does not give any duration information. In case of HD a 20 min 23 sec recoding is consuming 1.2 GB. The windows file properties and media properties display the length correctly. VLC does not show any duration information.Why is the SD recording consuming more than the HD recording though I am using HDMI input on the Colossus?Thanks,Srikanth</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skoka123, post: 787415, member: 86957"] May be I spoke too early on the HDCP. One of the programs (actually a movie that is still running in theaters) was broadcasted last weekend. I could only get the audio but to no video save for the last 5 minutes of the movie. I am not sure if it is problem with the STB or HDCP. OK - I did some more research on the recording and playback. I am using 4TR for recording. Setting up recording from the 4TR management console I see that the CPU utilization is < 10%. If I watch live TV in MP the CPU utilization is ~ 60% for SD content and ~ 100% for HD content. If I watch the live TV from a client PC, then the CPU utilization on the HTPC server is around 15 to 20%. When I playback a recorded program on the HTPC in MP the CPU utilization is ~ 50%. The same video when I playback on WMP it is around < 15%. On VLC it is < 65%. What seems to be the problem? Obviously Hardware Encoding is working. Doesn't Hardware Decoding also work? It seems like there is some problem with the playback codec defined in MP config. I think I should experiment with the codecs. Am I going in the right direction? BTW, all recordings are in MPEG-2 even those in HD. Now the questions that's been killing me is this. A 37 minute SD recording is consuming 2.05 GB and the windows file properties and also the media properties in WMP says that it is a 23 Hrs 4 min 4 secs recording. VLC just does not give any duration information. In case of HD a 20 min 23 sec recoding is consuming 1.2 GB. The windows file properties and media properties display the length correctly. VLC does not show any duration information. [B]Why is the SD recording consuming more than the HD recording though I am using HDMI input on the Colossus?[/B] Thanks, Srikanth [/QUOTE]

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