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I've posted this same question at the GBPVR forum. I'm at a point that I want to try this again and I liked both GBPVR and Media portal and it just comes down to whether or not one of these will be stable enough for me. your comments are appreciated. So here is the question:
Does anyone have a stable HTCP that works for playback of over the air Digital Broadcasts as well as recordings of Digital OTA Broadcasts? I am not looking for QAM tuner support or any cable/sattelite recording type HTCP's as I have found people who seem to do that well, but rather just a good ol plain DVR for OTA HD only. Before I delv into this again I need to make sure that it is possible to make it stable. My definition of stable is = less than 1 to 3 crashes a month, prefferably no crashing for reliable recordings. For some reason the OTA recordings seem to be the hardest thing to get right, at least in the USA
Background:
about a year ago I tried to delv into the HTPC thinking it's been around long enough it should be pretty stable by now. About 3 mos later, countless hours I didn't have and a very frusterated wife I had to give up. I settled for a dvd/hD recorder. Sure it had a clunky interface not unsimilar to scheduling recordings with a VCR but it worked right out of the box and I didn't have to have a monthly subcription to make it work such as TIVO, etc... although I did consider it. I used both Media Portal and GBPVR and favored GBPVR as it seemed to be more stable but still had quite a few crashes.
Problems I had:
I tried multiple codecs but some channels were smooth while others looked choppy, Not pixelated but rather stuttered movements as if it were a codec issue. i tried PureVideo, coreAVC and just about every codec imaginable as well as FFDshow but nothing seemed to solve the issue.
HardwareI tried:
I had a PCchips MOBO capable of core 2 duo cpu's but It just has a 3.0Ghz single core Celeron in it.
The MOBO had an AGP slot for video so I tried an Nvidia 6200 and a 7200 and an ATI 2400 pro.
I tried the Hauppauge HVR1600 and ATI 650. The ATI seemed to have the best picture.
I had 1 gig of RAM, I probably needed 2.
I had a 320 Gig Western Digital SATA drive.
Case cooling was not an issue and the cpu was always running around 40C
The reason I'm am looking at this again is I am wondering if my system was just not up to snuff. If I get some good feedback from folks who are doing OTA recordings successfully then I will try it again.
Thanks, in advance, for your replies.
Does anyone have a stable HTCP that works for playback of over the air Digital Broadcasts as well as recordings of Digital OTA Broadcasts? I am not looking for QAM tuner support or any cable/sattelite recording type HTCP's as I have found people who seem to do that well, but rather just a good ol plain DVR for OTA HD only. Before I delv into this again I need to make sure that it is possible to make it stable. My definition of stable is = less than 1 to 3 crashes a month, prefferably no crashing for reliable recordings. For some reason the OTA recordings seem to be the hardest thing to get right, at least in the USA
Background:
about a year ago I tried to delv into the HTPC thinking it's been around long enough it should be pretty stable by now. About 3 mos later, countless hours I didn't have and a very frusterated wife I had to give up. I settled for a dvd/hD recorder. Sure it had a clunky interface not unsimilar to scheduling recordings with a VCR but it worked right out of the box and I didn't have to have a monthly subcription to make it work such as TIVO, etc... although I did consider it. I used both Media Portal and GBPVR and favored GBPVR as it seemed to be more stable but still had quite a few crashes.
Problems I had:
I tried multiple codecs but some channels were smooth while others looked choppy, Not pixelated but rather stuttered movements as if it were a codec issue. i tried PureVideo, coreAVC and just about every codec imaginable as well as FFDshow but nothing seemed to solve the issue.
HardwareI tried:
I had a PCchips MOBO capable of core 2 duo cpu's but It just has a 3.0Ghz single core Celeron in it.
The MOBO had an AGP slot for video so I tried an Nvidia 6200 and a 7200 and an ATI 2400 pro.
I tried the Hauppauge HVR1600 and ATI 650. The ATI seemed to have the best picture.
I had 1 gig of RAM, I probably needed 2.
I had a 320 Gig Western Digital SATA drive.
Case cooling was not an issue and the cpu was always running around 40C
The reason I'm am looking at this again is I am wondering if my system was just not up to snuff. If I get some good feedback from folks who are doing OTA recordings successfully then I will try it again.
Thanks, in advance, for your replies.