DirecTV2PC Issues & Feedback

[jcrandall]

This is a great day that DirecTV and Cyberlink have partnered to bring us DirecTV2PC.

DIRECTV: DIRECTV2PC

A couple things: You will need the latest Cutting Edge software release to use Directv2pc. If you don't have it, you can wait for the next national receiver update from Directv, which should be only days to a few weeks away, or you can check out our Cutting Edge forum for the next beta test release Friday.

Keep in mind you will need a high end computer and good graphics system to use Directv2pc. Think of what a blueray playback would require.

As a guideline, nothing more, your're probably looking at 2ghz cpu, 2gb ram, and good 512mb graphics processor. These are not specific, just my hope to give you a start as to whether this could work on your system.

As this is a beta test, I'd ask that actual discussion of the use of Directv2pc be in our CE forum, so DirecTV can review the issues and concerns.

Enjoy!

 

[Harold]

Just wanted to start a tread to talk about the software and its performance. I have it running on my Dell XPS 400. win XP sp3, pent. D 2.80 ghz, 2 gig ram, and a ATi radeon x-300 128mb card. my mon. is a dell 19" lcd (vga input).

Its seems to run fine. Even the 1080p movies stream and play fine. Some movies that are from HBO and other prem. channels I have no video. To be expected due to hdcp.

It looks fine, but it looks like a rptv with the convergence out of wack. Almost 3-d looking. And the time bar want go away.

 

[dfergie]

Downloading it now... will try on this pc first... P4 3Ghz with HT capabilitys, 512 ram (low) ATI radeon...

 

[goaliebob99]

I just hit the fast forward button to have the program completly lock up. I had to contl Alt delete to exit out and get back in

 

[goaliebob99]

Im kind of dissapointed that you cant delete programs, you cant resume from where you left off. No way to 30 sec skip the commercials.

 

[Harold]

Anyone else notice the "convergence" issue? Anyone now how to get the "progress bar" or what ever it's called off the screen?

 

[goaliebob99]

Im getting an error 503 everytime I go to watch something recorded off of an OTA tuner

 

[msajeff]

n/m

 

[vurbano]

works perfectly here

 

[rad]

works perfectly here

Perfectly, that's a word I never thought I'd see in a DirecTV vurbano post

 

[vurbano]

Perfectly, that's a word I never thought I'd see in a DirecTV vurbano post

gimme a break. D* has finally done something useful and I am willing to give credit. Hell they havent even charged us for it YET.

 

[dfergie]

Crashes on this pc when I try to play video...

 

[vurbano]

Oh geezzzzzzzz. My DVR just rebooted while watching live TV. Crap

 

[vurbano]

Crap both of them rebooted. Guess I jinxed this.

 

[rad]

Crap both of them rebooted.

There were reports of HR2X's being locked up again today, like a couple weeks ago and it appears that D*'s decided to reboot them all again, it's not just you.

 

[vurbano]

Well, I would like to see D* get away from selecting a server's serial number in the software. that number means nothing to people with more than one DVR. They should let the software use the room location names on our account or let us give the servers aliases..

 

[spiegelj07]

i cant connect to my reciever

 

[Wesro]

I can connect and see the shows but when I go to play them I get the message it can't connect to the HR20. I have the latest CE software on the HR20.

 

[BoisePaul]

Anyone now how to get the "progress bar" or what ever it's called off the screen?

This is the big one that I see so far. Otherwise it looks good.

 

[armrh]

Works fine in a Laptop, Dual-core 1.6, 3 gb ram, mobile intel graphics card, no acceleration hardware, some HD mpeg4 recordings are slow, but SD and mpeg2 recordings play excellent. Wireless-G.