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Hauppauge HD PVR USB Hi-def H.264 Video Capture Device,high Definition USB 2.0 Video Capture With Hardware H.264 Video Encoders

Brand: Hauppauge

1,273 ratings

Brand	Northamber PLC
Hardware interface	USB
Series	HD PVR
Platform	Nintendo Wii
Item weight	2.65 Pounds
Video standard	AVCHD
Compatible devices	Desktop, Television
Item dimensions L x W x H	17.3 x 19.8 x 7 centimetres

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Built-in hardware H.264 high definition encoder, for high performance, high quality TV recordings
Component video input from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers. Optical or stereo audio inputs
Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
Record at data rates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and Variable Bit Rate
Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
Includes HD software video player, so you can playback recordings to your PC screen
Audio/Video component video loop through to allow HD recording and viewing at the same time

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Technical Details

Brand

‎Northamber PLC

Product Dimensions

‎17.3 x 19.8 x 7 cm; 1.2 Kilograms

Item model number

‎1228

Manufacturer

‎HAUPPAUGE

Series

‎HD PVR

Are Batteries Included

‎No

Item Weight

‎1.2 kg

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ASIN

B001M0MY10

Customer Reviews

1,273 ratings

4.4 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

52,527 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)
32 in Wii Accessory Kits

Date First Available

23 Nov. 2008

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Game capture;avermedia;elgato;hd PVR;hauppauge

HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition

FREE Game Capture software

Free download.

Record in Full 1080p HD
1 click upload to Youtube
FREE Streaming software

HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition

HDMI Game capture - Record, Edit, Upload and Stream

Record, Edit, Upload and Stream Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3* or PC game play in HD.

Record video game play in HD on your laptop or desktop PC
Add your game commentary while you record or stream!
Stream your gameplay with Twitch and YouTube
New! Now with Facecam for your gameplay recordings!


High Performance, High Definition recording HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition includes cables and software you need to capture high definition gameplay in realtime. For connection to older consoles like the Sony PS3, we include a HD Component video cable. For both game consoles, an HDMI cable is supplied to connect HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition to your TV set.	Upload to YouTube and share your best games with your friends in HD HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition includes cables and software you need to capture high definition gameplay in realtime. For connection to older consoles like the Sony PS3, we include a HD Component video cable. For both game consoles, an HDMI cable is supplied to connect HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition to your TV set.	There are three H.264 formats you can choose when recording a video: - TS, which is a generic 'transport stream' compatible with many digital media players - M2TS, which is compatible with the Sony Playstation3 - MP4, which is compatible with the XBox360


	HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition	HD PVR Rocket	HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition Plus PC and MAC
Full 1080p HD	✓	✓	✓
Record, Edit, Stream	✓	✓	✓
Flash back recording	✓	✓	✓
PC and MAC	x	✓	✓
Standalone recorder does not need a PC	x	✓	x
HDMI and A/V	✓	✓	✓

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Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5

1,273 global ratings

5 star		70%
4 star		14%
3 star		8%
2 star		4%
1 star		5%

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Toff

Good capture device but powering on can be a bit fiddly. Video file size information below

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 22 March 2023

Style Name: 60FPS 4K in/out PC and Standalone Game recorderVerified Purchase

The unit seems a bit fussy with powering on. To get it to turn on, every time; I have to:

1. Remove the USB-C power
2. Remove the input source
3. Plug in the USB-C power source

Here is some video file size information for those who are interested.
[NB: Numbers stated are a very rough guide, I'm not the best at maths!]

In stand-alone mode (recording to a 256GB SD card); I recorded in the lowest quality mode 12fps if I remember correctly).

The session was 8 hour, 43 minutes. The video size was 23.5GB
This works out to approximately 0.53GB per hour / about 535MB per hour

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Jamo

Brilliant unit for games and television...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 July 2014

Style Name: 30 FPS PC and Standalone Game recorderVerified Purchase

UPDATE October 2015 - For those who are having difficulty setting this up to record from their TV, I have added instructions below this review...

I bought this unit for one main purpose - to copy from my SkyHD box to my computer for watching television at double the speed. I was a little hesitant at first when purchasing this unit as I was unsure if it would be suitable for my needs. I needn't have worried. After just about 10 minutes I was up and running, recording straight to a memory stick from my SkyHD box using the RCA cables.

I have since purchased an HDMI splitter to be able to record from my box using HD, the unit is usually listed on this product page under "Customer's also bought....".

I've yet to discover any faults with this unit. Once the input and memory stick are connected, the unit is ready to record. One touch of the big red button on top starts recording, and one touch of the big red button on top stops recording. It cannot be any easier than that! Recordings can then be transferred from the memory stick to the computer, providing me with the ability to watch them faster using VLC Media Player.

You can also record to the computer using this unit. The big red button doesn't work when recording to the computer, but with the right software it can be easily used. Windows users can use the free Hauppauge software, but Mac users, such as myself, will need to have a look around for alternatives. I use software called HDPVR Capture. It's not free, but it's fairly cheap for what it does.

The quality of the recordings are superb in full HD, and also not too shabby at the very lowest setting of 700mbps. The maximum setting is 18000mbps, and when recording using HD from an HD source the picture is just outstanding on my Mac screen. I find that I generally record at around 2000mbps for a decent quality but also to save disk space. Recording in Full HD will result in very large files that will quickly eat up your free space.

The only issue with this unit, although it's not unique to this unit, is that recordings are automatically split after approximately 55/75 minutes depending on the settings. While this is not hugely annoying for me due to the player I use to watch the files, it does result in a bit of a delay when watching the memory stick on the large television through my bluray player. Using the software on the computer results in a file that has no splits, though, and sometimes it's the better option.

Apparently you can record using exFat and NTFS, but I don't do this. NTFS will apparently result in a single file, but the problem for me is that Mac's won't delete the files and it means the stick keeps needing to be formatted. Just a quick tip, if you find yourself deleting everything off the memory stick and it won't record, try using a piece of software to remove "junk" files from the memory stick. These junk files show a memory stick as empty, but in reality there are junk files on there using up disk space, and stopping the unit from recording.

I'm confident this unit would be suitable for use with games consoles and DVD/Bluray players, too. If you're thinking of purchasing this for recording then I'd highly recommend it.

INSTRUCTIONS (These should work for SkyHD and any games console/DVD/Blu ray player)

You will need...

3 x HDMI cables (I purchase mine from Poundland for £1 each)

This little box... 2 Port HDMI Audio Video v1.3b 1080p 3D Splitter for HD TV PS3 PS4 Blu-ray 1 in 2out (UK Plug)

A USB stick or computer

The Rocket

Computer cables supplied with the Rocket (if recording to the computer)

This is how I have mine set up...

I run an HDMI cable from my Sky HD HDMI output to the INPUT of the Splitter box.

I then run an HDMI cable from the first output of the Splitter box to the HDMI input of my TV. This allows the Sky HD box to send the picture to the tTV for watching as normal and monitoring what will be recorded.

I run the third HDMI cable from the second output of the Splitter box to the HDMI input of the Rocket.

To record to a USB stick all I do is insert a USB stick. The Rocket glows green when it's ready to let me know it's ready to record. I just hit the big red button on the top of the Rocket and it turns red to let me know it's recording. To stop, just hit the big red button again.

To record to a computer, the cable supplied with the Rocket should be connected to the Rocket and then plugged into a USB socket on the computer. Using the software on the computer (details of that in a previous post) it's a simple case of just choosing where to save the file and then hitting record.

The recorded files can then be played on a computer (with VLC player, for example) or a USB supported device such as a DVD player or Smart TV (some might not support this feature).

I hope this has been helpful, but if anyone requires any further details or is struggling, feel free to ask me again and I'll try to help. :)

36 people found this helpful

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N. C. Allen

Hard to figure out but evetually works

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 June 2012

Style Name: Video CaptureVerified Purchase

I bought this item so that I could transfer VHS films into the computer for editing and burning onto DVD, also for capturing clips from BluRay discs. Every review I've read here talks about connecting games consoles to the device and although I realise that it is marketed for this purpose, I didn't see why it shouldn't work with any video source as an input (why do people want to record their gaming experiences anyway? Seems odd to me).
Having read from many reviews that you just 'plug in and go' that's exactly what I did and - nothing. The component video input produced a blank screen on the computer. As a result I tried connecting with s-video leads and did get a picture but the quality was poor (which I expected). Having decided it was not good enough I had a think about it and reconnected the component leads but could still not get any signal.
Eventually after a couple of hours I had a delve into the settings on my Blu-ray player. I found that I could choose the kind of signal to be produced at the component output. I hadn't looked at this before because there was no need, everything else being connected via the elegant, efficient and easy HDMI sockets. As soon as I switched the component output from the default YPbPr to RGB I had a perfect, HiDef Blu-ray quality picture on my computer screen.
The Hauppauge appears to be a nice piece of kit but suffers from the affliction that so many electronic devices do, the unbelievably poor instruction manual, or in this case instruction 'sheet-of-paper'. Another example is the on-screen menu choice to record your video capture. You can choose between Playstation, AVCHD, or XBox. All this choice does is to determine the format of the recorded video, either .m2ts .ts or .mp4 formats. Nothing to do with the consoles but everything to do with the output video.
As I said, the Hauppauge seems to work very well once you get to grips with the required nature of the input and output signals.
One last thing which has nothing to do with the device. I paid a premium price for next morning delivery, which didn't happen. CityLink failed to deliver for three more days after that, the parcel finally arriving four days after I placed the order. CityLink failed to deliver and they failed to provide me with any explanation as to why, despite several emails to their so-called customer services department. Their customer relations are the worst I've seen. They finally responded to my requests for an explanation by saying 'Your case is now closed.' Meanwhile Amazon have been faultless. They responded to my email to them within half an hour, they contacted CityLink on my behalf, and they instantly refunded me the shipping price. High praise for Amazon.
Purchasing this product has been quite a rollercoaster but finally I can use it for what I wanted it for.

27 people found this helpful

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