Record & Stream Footage from your 360 & PS3

[GoukenFL]

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[Audio]

Hey Haunts, I received the Hauppauge HD PVR by mail today and I got everything set up and working - I even recorded a little test in training mode of SF4 and it shows up nicely. But what I wanna ask is when Converting the video on ArcoSoft program what is the best quality to get a video where it runs smoothly and has nice quality visual rather than being all pix-elated and skipping frames?

I go to Select Manufacturer (It gives me the option from between Apple to Sony). Then into Select Model Device giving me all these brand products to choose from as options for format. How do you set your videos up for again Good Quality visuals and no skipping in seconds between frames?

[Audio]

Hey Haunts, I received the Hauppauge HD PVR by mail today and I got everything set up and working - I even recorded a little test in training mode of SF4 and it shows up nicely. But what I wanna ask is when Converting the video on ArcoSoft program what is the best quality to get a video where it runs smoothly and has nice quality visual rather than being all pix-elated and skipping frames?

I go to Select Manufacturer (It gives me the option from between Apple to Sony). Then into Select Model Device giving me all these brand products to choose from as options for format. How do you set your videos up for again Good Quality visuals and no skipping in seconds between frames?

I think I found good format. I stuck with Apple TV and or Sony PS3 for the conversion. I have the videos recorded from at a bitrate 10.0MB... ummm resolution at 1280x720 and yes everything is on YPrPB components. Video quality does look great in MY Computer. When I watch it straight from my documents the video quality is perfect (there minor problems but I will get to that later.).



The problem is (well not a big deal) that instead of playing in HD in youtube I get something more of standard quality video. Its the opposite from what I watch in my PC.



Do I need some kind of editing program so that youtube may play these videos in HD? Also while recording as I play, sometimes recording skips like a small amount of gameplay. And as I play back the video it cuts from point A to point C also for some reason converting the recorded clips into HD sometimes messes up sound - but I think you mentioned that the product has drivers for that problem.

[JBARDOLPH]

I find the hauppauge records better if you turn off hardware acceleration.

In terms of playback of the raw HD files - try using the total media extreme player, it should play fine. I found it would not play in VLC properly, but played ok in media player classic. I did a custom conversion job tweaking the apple tv settings in the converter, but to convert to HD that youtube will play, I think you need to use MPEG streamclip as it says on the first page of this thread. I'm just starting to play with it now.

oh and skipping on playback is more likely your pc than the video itself.

[Audio]

I find the hauppauge records better if you turn off hardware acceleration.

In terms of playback of the raw HD files - try using the total media extreme player, it should play fine. I found it would not play in VLC properly, but played ok in media player classic. I did a custom conversion job tweaking the apple tv settings in the converter, but to convert to HD that youtube will play, I think you need to use MPEG streamclip as it says on the first page of this thread. I'm just starting to play with it now.

oh and skipping on playback is more likely your pc than the video itself.

yeah thanks. I was think about that myself about skipping could be due to my PC. I did download MPEG streamclip though I havent begun using it. I'm not sure if there is a tutorial in using it. Just to get it right.... the Streamclip programs makes HD files into smaller size?

[JBARDOLPH]

I will leave haunts to answer that as MPEGStreamclip crashes when I load a file. As I understand it, the hauppauge records in a raw HD format, and MPEGStreamclip converts it into a format you can upload straight to youtube or load into Adobe Premiere/FInal Cut Pro for editing.

I tried loading a file I recorded directly onto youtube, and it basically did not work. Because streamclip kept crashing I use the totalmedia converter to convert to a format that would work on youtube, et voila.

[haunts]

I dont use windows so it's hard ot say what is going on exactly, Audio. If you're recording at a high bitrate and encoding at a high quality then everything should be good. Try MPEG Streamclip -- I run all my videos through that before doing anything with it. Might just want to export to MP4 at a high quality and see how it shows up.

[haunts]

Can you have 2 different VGA inputs on 1 PC monitor via a VGA splitter?

For example:

1 connection is from a desktop computer to the monitor.

And 1 connection from a PS3/360. where this connection can be used in a video editing program on the PC.

I am a little confused as to what you're trying to accomplish. My monitor has a PIP feature that allows me to monitor gameplay while I watch the recording status from my Mac on the monitor. One is HDMi and input and the other is Component though so may not be what you're asking here.

[GoukenFL]

Forget what I asked. I have a setup that will allow me to play in HD and record in SD.

I use an EasyCap w/S-Video, with a distribution amplifier, and a down converter from component to composite/S-Video.

My computer has an AMD Athlon XP processor 2.2GHz, with 512MB RAM, with a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Graphics card.

Now, every time I try to upload a video on YouTube, it always comes out with an error. I've tried different formats, upconversion software, even video splitting software, and nothing works.

Can someone help me out with this one?

[haunts]

What program are you using to record?