steventoth.net » Uncategorized http://www.steventoth.net/blog TV, or not TV: that is the question Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:42:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 HDPVRCapture v2.0.5-b1 has been released http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/10/hdpvrcapture-v205-b1-has-been-released/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/10/hdpvrcapture-v205-b1-has-been-released/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:04:40 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=238 Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/10/hdpvrcapture-v205-b1-has-been-released/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v2.0.4-b1 has been released http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/08/hdpvrcapture-v204-b1-has-been-released/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/08/hdpvrcapture-v204-b1-has-been-released/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:10:56 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=236 Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/08/hdpvrcapture-v204-b1-has-been-released/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v2.0.2-b1 ready for download http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/07/hdpvrcapture-v202-b1-ready-for-download/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/07/hdpvrcapture-v202-b1-ready-for-download/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:47:55 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=233 It’s time for some bug fixes!

Changes:

  • Two bugfixes related to crashing on startup with 10.4 Tiger.

As always, this is a beta so your milage may vary. All comments and feedback are welcome on the AVS forum HDPVR thread. Download it from here.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/07/hdpvrcapture-v202-b1-ready-for-download/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v2.0.1-b1 is here! http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/06/hdpvrcapture-v201-b1-is-here/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/06/hdpvrcapture-v201-b1-is-here/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:21:18 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=230 It’s time for some bug fixes!

Changes:

  • Bugfixes related to running on 10.4 Tiger.
  • Minor cleanup of some of the menu item names.
  • Bugfix related to hanging on startup if iCal isn’t running.
  • Bugfix related to ‘Unable to display schedule’ error messages on startup.

As always, this is a beta so your milage may vary. All comments and feedback are welcome on the AVS forum HDPVR thread. Download it from here.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/06/hdpvrcapture-v201-b1-is-here/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v2.0.0-b1 is available for download! http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/04/hdpvrcapture-v200-b1-is-available-for-download/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/04/hdpvrcapture-v200-b1-is-available-for-download/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:30:56 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=222 If you’re not interested in crusty old command line application, and you want a familiar Mac OS GUI then you’re in for a treat. The 2.0.0 beta has been released. Download it from here. What’s new? Well, a lot has changed.

Major improvements:

  • A brand new graphical UI with simple point and click options.
  • Support for scheduling via TitanTV. Go to Titan’s site, click on a show, the tvpi file will download. Click on this file and it should automatically open with HDPVRCapture, confirm the details and it gets added to your iCal. Voila! Scheduled recordings, very simple.
  • You don’t use titan? Try Command-N to manually add a scheduled recording
  • Use your zipcode to help configure HDPVRCapture, this will download the cable/satellite networks for your area, and automatically store the channel names in HDPVRCapture, so you can pick you recording channel by name, not by number. Now you don’t have to remember that scifi is on channel 48, just select SCIFI-HD from the channel selection list.
  • The Preference page let’s you enter you license key, configure Titan _AND_ has a radically new IR Blaster configuration screen. No more complicated command line options.
  • Drag and drop your previous recordings into the post processing tab, right click and chose a post processing task and chose Run from the menu. I.E Simplified post processing with support for automatic addition to itunes.
  • Intelligent controls in the UI. If you select a feature that is incompatible with another feature, the application automatically adjusts itself. No more complicated command line options which are hard to understand.

As always, this is a beta so your milage may vary. All comments and feedback are welcome on the AVS forum HDPVR thread.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/04/hdpvrcapture-v200-b1-is-available-for-download/feed/ 1 HDPVRCapture v1.3.3 has been released http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/02/hdpvrcapture-v133-has-been-released/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/02/hdpvrcapture-v133-has-been-released/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:47:36 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=218 Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2009/01/02/hdpvrcapture-v133-has-been-released/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v1.3.2 has been released http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/12/30/hdpvrcapture-v132-has-been-released/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/12/30/hdpvrcapture-v132-has-been-released/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:01:30 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=214 Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/12/30/hdpvrcapture-v132-has-been-released/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v1.3.1 has been released http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/12/28/hdpvrcapture-v131-has-been-released/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/12/28/hdpvrcapture-v131-has-been-released/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:18:03 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=206 Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/12/28/hdpvrcapture-v131-has-been-released/feed/ 0 HDPVRCapture v1.3.0 has been released http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/11/25/hdpvrcapture-v130-has-been-released/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/11/25/hdpvrcapture-v130-has-been-released/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:07:34 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=197 Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. Some command line changes related to verbosity, dealing with device in use issues, a Monitoring Video related fix to avoid large numbers of duplicate errors. As always, a demo is available for download.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/11/25/hdpvrcapture-v130-has-been-released/feed/ 0 Streaming HDPVR recordings via UPnP to the PS3 http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/11/24/streaming-hdpvr-recordings-via-upnp-to-the-ps3/ http://www.steventoth.net/blog/2008/11/24/streaming-hdpvr-recordings-via-upnp-to-the-ps3/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:51:53 +0000 StevenToth http://steventoth.net/blog/?p=190 Background: In terms of the HDPVR, if your output filename ends in either .ts or .m2ts the recording contains exactly the same video/audio content, it’s only a difference in the filename extension. Why? To ensure better support in other applications.

A number of people have emailed and asked me how to stream .ts and .m2ts recordings via UPnP to a PS3 for playback. I use the excellent MediaTomb [link] application, which happens to be OpenSource and customizable. Why burn recordings to disk just to play them back, right?

Part of the problem with the MediaTomb is that it’s default configuration file ($HOME/.mediatomb/config.xml) is not going to work properly with the PS3, or the HDPVR. So, here’s the configuration file that I use [link] and it’s working pretty reliably for me.

Right click and download this file, rename to config.xml and install this into your environment, overwriting your current configuration file. In my case:

mv mediatomb.config.xml $HOME/.mediatomb/config.xml

Restart MediaTomb then enjoy!

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