Best way to record 720p?

[zaphod7501]

I personally like VideoReDo for editing .ts. It's one of the few download softwares that I've been willing to put money on ($50).

At 25 cents a disk and the ability to play from disk (or copy back to a hard drive), I decided not to convert. I'll just archive the transport streams and wait for HD recording drives, media, and software (Blu-Ray or HD-DVD or the Chinese format) to become available at a reasonable price. This will require hardware and software that is available from multiple manufacturers and not just one or two companies.

All of my early archiving was done on CD-Rs at 720x480 with 44Khz audio and VBR encoding (45 min per disk). Technically an XSVCD format (at DVD resolution). Recent conversion to DVD went pretty smooth. I hope to repeat the method for HDTV.

[barbarian]

Are there any capture cards that accept a component input or hdmi?

[wtg]

Nope, and no accident either.

[barbarian]

Nope, and no accident either.

I'm guessing that this is due to Hollywood concerns about piracy. :mad:

Damnit, we need someone in SE Asia to make a cheap card that takes 720p (or 1080p) input on component lines and encodes them, with mpeg encoding built into the card.

[zaldwaik]

This http://www.nextcomwireless.com/r5000/home.htm apparently gives you pure HD for a bunch of Sat boxes. It is a little expensive. It is not supported in GB-PVR but has SageTV support.

[sub]

In north america, you can also record HD from DishNetwork and BEV etc using the new multidec support with a DVB satellite card. Another option is using the HDHomeRun device, or and OTA ATSC capture card.

None of these options help you record from a set top box though.

[whurlston]

Black Magic

Check out their DeckLink HD Studio but it has a US $995 price tag.