Solution for HD recording to PC?

[jcart]

I stubbled across thing this morning but there appears to be limited info on it. It looks promissing though.

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[KAB]

No. It won't remove the Linux based encryption that will prevent it from playing on a PC.

 

[jcart]

Eventhough it excepts component video in for recording?

 

[garys]

Dish encrypts the HDMI and component outputs. You may be able to use them, but don't be surprised if you can only get 480p.

 

[jcart]

Hmm, I thought since I'm able to get HD through component to my TV that it would be capable of recieving the signal in HD.

 

[tempVAdish]

I don't think the component outputs have any HDCP capability, it's not a 2 way communication, so they shouldn't be encrypted??????

 

[jcart]

Even if it were capable of HDCP that's all it would be. At least that's what I was thinking. Otherwise your TV would need to be compatible with the dish encryption garys was eluding too.

 

[BuddyBoy]

Hauppauge has a similar product out that only provides the capture function - it needs a PC for storage. Dish isn't downrezzing the component outputs (yet), just as no Blu-ray title is telling the Blu-ray player to downrez the component outputs. That's not to say it might not change in the future, but it hasn't happened yet.

 

[BASDSucks]

hdmi capture card works for me, been working for a while now.. You need a very very top of the line computer 3.0+Ghz dual core with a hdcp compatible monitor and video card..

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[BuddyBoy]

If you're serious about recording from Dish, you should look into an R5000HD receiver modification. My R5000HD-equipped ViP211 records the actual MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 streams so my recordings are lossless when compared to the original Dish broadcasts. Plus my PC controls the receiver over USB so I can schedule (including remote schedule over the Internet) recordings using TitanTV's guide.

 

[Jim S.]

hdmi capture card works for me, been working for a while now.. You need a very very top of the line computer 3.0+Ghz dual core with a hdcp compatible monitor and video card..

A component capture device such as the Hauppauge 1212 is a lot cheaper, does the MPEG4 encoding for you, and eliminates the HDCP requirement.