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I’m happy to announce the v2.5.0 release, it’s been a very long time coming. It’s been three months since the last major release and v2.5.0 contains quite a large number of changes. Bug fixes, cleanups, important IR related fixes. Quicktime related fixes enable true 5.1 support. Zap2it changes, post processing related changes for concurrent processing. Support for a new UK BSKYB STB.

It’s worth reviewing the change log in the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

www.geektonic.com is reporting that Dell has a fantastic deal on the HDPVR for $165.

The HDPVR deals have slowed down lately but this is a great price.

A HDPVRCapture customer just pointed out that v2.4.1 PPC MP4 conversion is broken on v.2.4.1 production build and the 2.5.0 betas.

Expect a fix this weekend.

The HDPVR’s on sale at $153… article via geektonic:

http://www.geektonic.com/2009/03/deal-of-day-hauppauge-hd-pvr-165_23.html

Offer ends March 31st.

I find myself keep saying this but…. this is the lowest price I’ve ever seen.

Enjoy!

Recent changes made by the Zap2It web developers broke HDPVRCapture, thanks to a customer for pointing this out. This is now fixed (but may not perfect).

Also I’m happy to announce MASSIVE improvements to the post processing conversion mechanism, specifically to resolutions that HDPVRCapture can convert and overall conversion time.

In releases prior to 2.4.1, or a MacPro, HDPVRCapture took 10-15 minutes to convert a 2 hour movie into a MP4, now it takes 40 seconds.

In release prior to 2.4.1 HDPVRCapture could only support 720 for MP4 conversion, now HDPVRCapture can convert all resolutions supported by the HDPVR hardware (1080i/720p/480i) with any of the HDPVR supported audio codecs (AAC 2.0, AC3 2.0 or AC3 5.1) into a MP4, an also do it very quickly.

Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

Adding support for the Zap2It web EPG (useful if you’re Canadian or you don’t like TitanTV). Also a bugfix related to editing/burning HDPVRCapture recordings using Toast. Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

An important bugfix related to how the PS3 calculates the duration of a recording. Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

One feature improvement that probably should of been in v2.1.0. Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

A mixture of bugfixes, cleanups and small new features. Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

For a number of months I’ve made reference to the fact that I stream my HDPVRCapture recordings to my PS3 over the network. I never have to burn a disk or waste my time with environment unfriendly pieces of plastic. Why should you?

If streaming over the network is something that interests you then I’ve put together a project called HDPVRStreamer here. It’s a donation-ware project based on a great GPL project known as MediaTomb. The software is free and unrestricted.