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Someone please help!! HD-DVR???

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cincibuck;1285174; said:
So, does Blu - Ray allow you to copy in HD? I have a recorder that will do DVD quality but not HD. As far as I knew/know it was impossible to make an HD recording with the current market level equipment unless you went by way of a big hard drive to store the originals.
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You can't actually record a broadcast directly to Blu-Ray like you can with say a VCR or some DVD-Recorders. There are ways to record or transfer the DVR recorded file to your PC. Then with that file you can do a few things to play it back. You can just store it on a Hard Drive and play it back on your PC in the future (or hook up a PC to your TV to play on a big screen). You can transcode the file into something that is burnable onto a Blu-Ray disc (but that is expensive both for the Blu-Ray burner and the blank Blu-Ray discs = $10 a pop). Or you can transcode it into a file that you store on an external or networked drive that can be played back through your TV via an xbox360, PS3 or other media player device.

I think it is also possible (not sure how easy though) to make a Blu-Ray type file that is burnable to normal DVD-R discs. So you can play it back on your PS3 or Blu-Ray player and not have to buy an expensive Blu-Ray burner or Blu-Ray discs.

Hope that helps answer your question.
 
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neomits;1285311; said:
I think it is also possible (not sure how easy though) to make a Blu-Ray type file that is burnable to normal DVD-R discs. So you can play it back on your PS3 or Blu-Ray player and not have to buy an expensive Blu-Ray burner or Blu-Ray discs.
Hope that helps answer your question.
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I've ripped 720 pi to dvd and it was fine. The only problem I run into with 1080pi is the size of the file. It's hard to fit a 10+gig file onto a dvd5. If anyone needs to do this for some reason let me know. It still is better then watching a dvd,and isn't that hard to do.
 
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neomits;1285311; said:
You can't actually record a broadcast directly to Blu-Ray like you can with say a VCR or some DVD-Recorders. There are ways to record or transfer the DVR recorded file to your PC. Then with that file you can do a few things to play it back. You can just store it on a Hard Drive and play it back on your PC in the future (or hook up a PC to your TV to play on a big screen). You can transcode the file into something that is burnable onto a Blu-Ray disc (but that is expensive both for the Blu-Ray burner and the blank Blu-Ray discs = $10 a pop). Or you can transcode it into a file that you store on an external or networked drive that can be played back through your TV via an xbox360, PS3 or other media player device.

I think it is also possible (not sure how easy though) to make a Blu-Ray type file that is burnable to normal DVD-R discs. So you can play it back on your PS3 or Blu-Ray player and not have to buy an expensive Blu-Ray burner or Blu-Ray discs.

Hope that helps answer your question.
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Right now I transfer from my DVR to a DVD+ recorder. It shrinks the picture to letter format (?) so I don't get the full screen, but I get a much better product than I would going from a non-HD channel or using VHS, but it's definitely not HD. I looked into the new TIVO recorder thinking it would record in HD, but it's a no go also.
 
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neomits;1285158; said:
I have removed the commercials from CapnStubby's YSU game file. I'll be looking to compress the game into a bit smaller of a file without too much loss in quality. Does anyone have a preference on what size and bitrate to shoot for (1DVD5... 2 DVD5s... etc) or what codec or file container to use?

I'll try and post a few sample clips of the different compressions later this evening or tomorrow.
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Did you ever get any feedback or make a decision on the format you are going to use?

I have the raw Wisky game posted and I figure I'll start with that one and edit out the commercials so that there is no duplication of effort. I really do not have a preference on the format but I think it would be nice to make it as univeral as possible.

Thoughts?
 
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neomits;1287845; said:
Here are some samples I've put together. I'm not getting any feedback on what compression scheme to use so I'm somewhat at a loss for what people want.


http://www.timjanderson.com/files/buckeyeplanet/2008/DivxSample.divx 64.2mb

http://www.timjanderson.com/files/buckeyeplanet/2008/Mpeg4Sample.MP4 84.7 mb

http://www.timjanderson.com/files/buckeyeplanet/2008/WMVSample.wmv 64.8 mb
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I checked out the DIVX file... it looks good, I think I need some additional software for my edits.
 
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CapnStubby;1290325; said:
I've got the HD Purdue game up on FTP right now however I am missing the first 2.5 minutes due to the Texas game. I think MSChwade said he had the first 2.5 minutes in 4:3 and could probably splice.

Dag nabbit ABC :biggrin:
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I do have the first couple minutes of the game in 4:3... I'll download yours because I almost missed the entire first quarter because they had the ND-UNC game on in HD instead :(
 
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MSchwade10;1292237; said:
I do have the first couple minutes of the game in 4:3... I'll download yours because I almost missed the entire first quarter because they had the ND-UNC game on in HD instead :(
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I'm pissed... so I recorded the game on ESPN Alternative on my DirecTV signal the other day so I had the beginning of the game in 4:3 format.. I went to go play it today on my DVR... it's a gray screen.. I go to play other recorded material, it's gray.. so I reboot my DVR... The 4:3 ESPN Alternative recording doesn't even appear in my list anymore :( Everything else works fine. UGH. Sorry to let you guys down.
 
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MSchwade10;1293164; said:
I'm [censored]ed... so I recorded the game on ESPN Alternative on my DirecTV signal the other day so I had the beginning of the game in 4:3 format.. I went to go play it today on my DVR... it's a gray screen.. I go to play other recorded material, it's gray.. so I reboot my DVR... The 4:3 ESPN Alternative recording doesn't even appear in my list anymore :( Everything else works fine. UGH. Sorry to let you guys down.
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No big deal... not much happened in the first 2.5 anyway.

I tried for the second time to re-watch (equates to 3 times) the game today, I can't get passed the beginning of the second quarter without becoming completely bored. :!
 
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