USB ATSC tuner

[dvasco]

Fantastic!!! Also saw the plans on YouTube for using chicken wire on a triangular & triple design videos. Also saw plans for using PVC standoffs as well.

Went ahead & ordered the 435 on Friday from NewEgg for $30 for my Xmas/birthday present. Being that I'm going to be using that with a PVR-150 hooked to a converter box (record other channels at the same time since different networks are on different channels)...will I be able to record with the 435 in the same bit rate as the 150? Just want a clear signal...not concerned about whether or not I can record at 60 frames. Will be editing whatever I record & converting to AVI/Xvid.

The bitrate and resolution are set by the broadcaster. The tuner just does direct stream to the HDD.
One hour of HD shows - Fox 4 News takes up under 7.05 GB and the last Heroes took up under 6.23 GB
One hour of 480i - about 3.6 GB

Auto-convert of TS to other format is broken in the current version of GBPVR but a script can be made to have ffmpeg or mencoder to do that. Handbrake does a decent job of of reencoding to a lower bitrate but I think the person that was trying to do that with the HD-PVR recordings couldn't get the script to run successfully. Let us know if you get a script to work successfully.

I forgot to mention that the TS files throw off comskip by a few seconds quite often. I found a thread on that topic at http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/viewtopi...879&p=4081 but once the files are converted to AVI/Xvid the timing might be ok.

[Phoobarnvaz]

The bitrate and resolution are set by the broadcaster. The tuner just does direct stream to the HDD.
One hour of HD shows - Fox 4 News takes up under 7.05 GB and the last Heroes took up under 6.23 GB
One hour of 480i - about 3.6 GB

Am all ready getting over 4 GB for the 150...since I setup a custom rate higher than the stock rate. If I get what you said right...the 435 will not be as customizable as the 150?

Auto-convert of TS to other format is broken in the current version of GBPVR but a script can be made to have ffmpeg or mencoder to do that. Handbrake does a decent job of of reencoding to a lower bitrate but I think the person that was trying to do that with the HD-PVR recordings couldn't get the script to run successfully. Let us know if you get a script to work successfully.

If I'm going to use VideoRedo Plus for editing & AGK as my conversion software...is this going to matter...as long as the file is originally recorded in Mpeg2?

I forgot to mention that the TS files throw off comskip by a few seconds quite often. I found a thread on that topic at http://www.kaashoek.com/comskip/viewtopi...879&p=4081 but once the files are converted to AVI/Xvid the timing might be ok.

Tried Comskip & was not pleased with the result...especially since coming from a broadcasting background...drives me nuts when edits aren't clean.

[dvasco]

Am all ready getting over 4 GB for the 150...since I setup a custom rate higher than the stock rate. If I get what you said right...the 435 will not be as customizable as the 150?

There is no customization at all. You get what the broadcaster sends you.

If I'm going to use VideoRedo Plus for editing & AGK as my conversion software...is this going to matter...as long as the file is originally recorded in Mpeg2?

That process is different from what I had mentioned. Sounds like you'll be doing things manually and had planned to from the beginning.

Tried Comskip & was not pleased with the result...especially since coming from a broadcasting background...drives me nuts when edits aren't clean.

hmm, comskip worked fine for me 90% of the time until I started using ATSC.

[Phoobarnvaz]

There is no customization at all. You get what the broadcaster sends you.

Actually like that much better...since I have forgotten to reset my settings when I've reloaded XP & upgraded. Whatever works & is for those of us who are braindead...prefect!

That process is different from what I had mentioned. Sounds like you'll be doing things manually and had planned to from the beginning.

For me...found it gives me the control I want. Only takes about 10 minutes more & whatever time it takes to have AGK do what it does.

hmm, comskip worked fine for me 90% of the time until I started using ATSC.

Comskip worked...but found it was like using a saber to do surgery...rather than a scalpel. It would kill most of the commercial...but leave the ending there. In that case...found it saved no time at all...since I would go through the program to cut out those pieces.

Been using VideoReDo Plus for quite a while. Even though it's commercial software...still worth every penny I paid for it.

[dvasco]

VideoRedo Plus is the best mpeg editor out there, without question.