Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.
HDPVRCapture v1.3.2 has been released
Dec 30th, 2008 by StevenToth
v2 progress? How about a screenshot?
Dec 28th, 2008 by StevenToth
Here’s a sneak peak screenshot of the v2 app capturing some content. I expect v2 to be released in the next 10-14 days!
HDPVRCapture v1.3.1 has been released
Dec 28th, 2008 by StevenToth
Checkout the change log on the release page for more information. As always, a demo is available for download.
Enjoy!
Status update v2.x
Dec 2nd, 2008 by StevenToth
I need to step away from v2.x development for a couple of weeks so things will go quiet. I’ll be traveling but I wanted to give you and update on how it’s coming along. 
Over the last 2-3 weeks I’ve been refining the UI and getting the workflow correct, adding Preference panels and system defaults so you have the ability to personalize various settings. The ability to have one-click- encoder profiles will probably slip out to v2.1 sadly. Scheduling support will be native in v2.x. Post processing will be easier to use. The new IR blaster configuration screens improve the blaster configuration support massively, and converting various xml configuration files into sqllite databases has massively improved the responsiveness of the UI.
Things are coming along nicely and I think you’re going to like the new application.
More soon!
HDPVRCapture v1.3.0 has been released
Nov 25th, 2008 by StevenToth
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!
Streaming HDPVR recordings via UPnP to the PS3
Nov 24th, 2008 by StevenToth
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!
TitanTV support
Nov 23rd, 2008 by StevenToth
Things have been pretty hectic project wise over the last 7 days. If you haven’t seen me on the forums then that’s because I’m focusing my time on developing new features for the v2.x app. One feature worth mentioning is Integrated TitanTV Scheduling support.
Assuming you have an account with Titan, you’ll be able to fire up Safari, click on a show and that will be automatically added to your iCal schedule. The HDPVR GUI will automatically record that show for you, and post process it if you chose. You’ll be able to setup daily and weekly recurring recordings through the v2.x API so this simplifies things greatly.
The recordings are stored in your preferred folder and if you have a UPnP player configured then you’ll be able to surf your video collection from a remote device (the PS3), or use Frontrow so you’ll never miss another episode of House, Heroes or Fringe!
You’ll be able to kick back and watch your favorite shows in HD, cool!
Keep watching the blog for more announcements on v2.x
Tip: Re-running post processing on a .ts file
Nov 17th, 2008 by StevenToth
Huh? Re-running post processing on a .ts file without re-recording it, yes. One or two users have asked how to do this so here’s the trick, it’s not exactly intuitive but it works for me.
Assuming you took a long capture with this:
./HPVRCapture -t 00:03:00 -V COMPONENT -A RCA -a AAC -o MyMovie.ts -P1
… and for some reason the post processing fails, runs out of disk space or for any other reason … you want to re-run the post processing, just do this:
./HPVRCapture -t 00:03:00 -V COMPONENT -A RCA -a AAC -o MyMovie.ts -P1
That’s right, re-run the same command. You didn’t specify -f, so the recording will not be overwritten – but post processing will continue as though it was a new recording.
Words of warning: If MyMovies.ts is so important to you that you can’t afford to lose it, back it up first.
V2.x early GUI screenshots
Nov 16th, 2008 by StevenToth
The v2.x GUI is coming along nicely. I have one or 2 other features in mind which I’m not ready to announce yet, but here’s a sneak peak at the UI – it’s work in progress and things are subject to change.
HDPVRCapture v1.2.0 has been released
Nov 16th, 2008 by StevenToth
Checkout the change description on the release page for more information. Lots of cleanups related to command line validation and error handling for strange combinations of command line options…. and more! As always, a demo is available for download.