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hwr said:

norreheneg said:

Do you need a separate HDCP stripper to record HDCP content using the Supercast X 6 HDMI card?

I thought i needed it before I bought it but when I set up my X6 yesterday I could plug both my PS4 and PVR directly into the card and get video and audio through.

As for the possibility to save the hdmi audio directly without reencoding it I'm not yet sure that's possible. The recording program seems to rely on a decode->encode pipleline for both audio and video. I only had about 30 minutes to test so I need to look more into that. Maybe I can set some sort of passthrough.

And on a side note; DTS audio did not work after installing the driver and capture program from SkyHD. Looks like it doesn't have a DTS decoding filter included. As it uses directshow filters I should be able to use a third party one if SkyHD doesn't have one on their pages.

Edit:

Even though you can play both audio and video without a HDCP stripper you get a HDCP error when trying to record. At least I got it when trying to record from my PS4. Using the ViewHD 1x2 splitter it worked fine.

Some good news and some bad news:

Recording 1080p60 from a PS4 works like a charm using the ViewHD 1x2 splitter. I used the UT video codec and multichannel pcm for audio (decoded from DTS). Havn't recorded any clips longer than a few minutes though.

TV channels from my HD PVR is another matter. On most channels (both HD and SD) I get sporadic image stuttering quite frequently. On some channels it seems to work without a glitch though. Not sure how they are different right now. The stuttering is there both in the X6 recording app and when recoring in VDub so it's related to the capture driver. Might be related to the HD PVR too but it never stutters when playing on a tv. I live in Europe so we got PAL framerates by the way.

 To be specific:  Did you have to do anything special to get the card to show up in VDub? I cannot get VDub to see it with either the older driver, or the new one. Which one are you using? I just want to be able to try capture with VDub and the X6 Supercast HD to see if I have the same frame issues myself.

Okay, I would be happy to know how you got Vdub to recognize the X6 driver -  I have had zero success with that and I would really like to be able to use Vdub to test out capture settings.

Thanks for any advice you can give me on this.

A little advice here, if you would -

I have a Supercast X6 HD, and I cannot get a capture from my PVR that does not have dropped frames, or pixellation if the speed is ok. I cannot get VirtualDub, x64 or not, to recognize the driver for the X6 so I cannot use VirtualDub and so I have had to use the SkyHD software.

I am just trying to get it to work ok here, 2 ch. sound is fine if I can get the video right. Any advice on what settings for the X6? I am a novice in this area, I don't know what settings need to be for decode, encode, record etc. I have not been able to use the UT codec that has been talked about as I get a "Stream" error and it says it cannot talk to it.

Just hope to get steered in the right direction....

Thanks!