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Windows => Television => Topic started by: slikvik on June 21, 2004, 04:31:23 am
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Hi,
I have been using DV devices for TV in on my PC for a while now (First a panny camcorder throughput and now a Canopus DV encoder.) This is getting quite popular on the avforums because it give the best possible quality of video input.) Could you please add this as a compatible device in MC. Video appears for a spilt second before MC10 crashes.
The DV devices are WDM and they work in Showshifter, PowerVCR, iuVCR, WinDVR and Mainconcept PVR. could you please add this as I don't want to use these programs.
Thanks
Vic
P.S as an addition, the ability to specify codecs for Recording and Timeshifting would be really cool.
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There has been some support for DV device for a while. Do you use IEEE 1394 interface for linking your device to PC? That was what I used when I programmed MC TV for the DV support. I have a Sony Digital HandyCam that works fine with MC.
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MC TV playback needs to be set to the right input. It's similar to selecting a channel. The name of the input can be edited in channel setup.
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I cant get it to work either
In the options I have tried setting media center to set both of the available two options for input ("Input source" or "Tuner Channel") but it crashes the whole program after a second.
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I get the same problem as Park. Hey, I'm glad it's actually supported - now to get it to work!!
Yes, I am going into the PC with a firewire port and it works on absolutey every program I have tried, like the ones mentioned above and things like Movie Maker and Media Player Classic.
I have added the Input as a channel, but I get a complete MC10 crash.
Regards
Vic
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Ok I've got the DV device to play!! Basically if i try to add it as a channel it crashes. If i just leave it all blank and click play it works.... But here's the problem now......
There is no timeshift. Could this please be added? I think because it is essentially a video camera device, you get all the ffd ext device etc etc but now timeshift.
Also, I cannot get sound...(This is also going via the firewire.)
Regards
Vic
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Ok I've got the DV device to play!! Basically if i try to add it as a channel it crashes. If i just leave it all blank and click play it works.... But here's the problem now......
There is no timeshift. Could this please be added? I think because it is essentially a video camera device, you get all the ffd ext device etc etc but now timeshift.
Also, I cannot get sound...(This is also going via the firewire.)
Regards
Vic
Why would you need time-shifting when you have the camera in your hand?
Well, when using it as a camera, it may make some sense (but not a lot in my opinion) doing time-shifting. When using it as a VCR, you can just pause the device.
When I have time I will investigate the crash on start up (sorry but I have other duties that require my attention more urgently). Basically Media Center has not been properly tailored to run DV devices from the TV control.
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Simply, I'm viewing TV sources through the DV encoder, not DV Tapes (its doesn't have play controls.)
Basically I am using it as a video in device just like the s-video in on say a All-In-Wonder (only 10 time better quality.)
If someone had their cable Tv going into the AIW then they would want timeshifting etc. This is what I have only my Digital TV is going into the DV instead of an AIW.
Regards
Vic
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Now I get it. I never thought of using DV device that way...
Time-shifting with DV will not work with current scheme because of DV format. I will have to take up this issue in the future.
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Thanks Yaobing,
It's the one thing thats stopping me using MC for everything HTPC (well except for Theatre Mode, but thats another story!)
As I said, this seems to be getting quite popular because of the quality.
Regards
Vic