However, good software players and media players will also display 720x480 4:3 NTSC MPEG-2 video correctly.
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The authoring software will re-encode it to be DVD-compliant, which requires re-sizing from 640x480 to a different DVD-compliant resolution, usually 720x480.Ħ40x480 resolution is appropriate only if you plan to keep the recordings in a file to play with a PC or file-based media player, and do not care about watching it with a DVD player. How about if viewing as a file through a media player? Like from a media device and connected to my TV? Is it then always going to remain slightly stretched the way it is on my computer or am I getting this wrong? Capturing at 640x480 is a waste of time you intend to make a DVD to play using a standard DVD player. So, basically, when I'm burning with Nero or whatever, as long as I set the video source as having a 640x480 resolution the burning software should add the appropriate gaps to the display to correct the ratio of the film. If you burn it to DVD properly it will display with a normal 4:3 aspect ratio.
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You may have to learn how to use Graph Edit or Graph Studio to see what the software MPEG-2 encoder that comes with the card actually allows.
The HVR-1250 uses software for encoding, but its uncompressed video input to the software encoding module is probably limited to 720x480, 352 x 480, and maybe 352 x 240. DVD doesn't support 640x480, but it does support 720x480. As I recall, HVR-1250 MPEG-2 captures are DVD compliant. The material may not be encoded exactly as you want it to be, but it is being captured in a way that is appropriate for the source.
If you are using the HVR-1250 S-Video connection, then you are capturing an interlaced SD source at 29.97 fps. So the new software I use has to be able to capture at custom resolutions and I'm also fairly convinced that the software doesn't make the most of the video encoding power of the card and I'm sure that other software with better options would get me better quality captures. There is also the fact that the only way to get video out of my Cable box/DVR is in SD via S-Video so capturing at anything higher than SD isn't possible anyway. Since there are no settings that allow you to adjust this I need another software that might be able to control the card for this purpose. You would preferably want 640X480 to maintain a proper 1.33:1. Oh I forgot to say, I use the Hauppauge remote control to control my HTPC.The issue I'm having is that WinTV only records 720X480 which isn't the right ratio for classic films that are 4:3. Maybe that changed?ĭo you know any other compatible products? Could I use this in my HTPC? If yes, is it a good choice? I found a post here saying that AVerMadia is not compatible with SageTV. But I'm wondering if others companies offer alternative products? Meanwhile I was looking at the alternatives. I sent an email to Hauppauge, I hope they will help me. I went through a PVR 350, HD PVR and an HD PVR 2.Ĭurrently I have a problem with my HTPC. Anyway I think it was the only option to record TV via cable set top box. Since I use SageTV (that must be 10+ years ago since I joined this forum in 2007) I always used Hauppauge products.