tgwj77
Novice Member
My first ever post, so apologies if this is not the right sub-group ...
I invested in a Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD tuner in order to record Freeview broadcasts, particularly in HD since I can't transfer HD recordings off my Humax FVP-4000T box.
My set up is the Hauppauge plugged into an old laptop. I programme and manage all the recordings via a Plex server installed on that laptop. Recordings themselves are made directly onto a network hard drive.
Programming and management of recordings with this setup works OK - Plex isn't perfect, but pretty good. The issue is the quality of the recordings - particularly HD but very occasionally SD as well - where I get a fair bit of digital video and audio glitching. It seems as though some channels are a little worse than others - Channel 4 being a little lower than others, for example. It looks very like what I would expect (and have had in the past) from a poor quality signal.
So, I invested in a SLX 4 way signal booster to try to bump up the signal quality. The SLX is plugged directly into my antenna wall socket - I'm in a block of flats so this leads to the communal aerial. I only use 2 outputs from the signal booster - one goes to my FVP-4000T and the other to the Hauppauge. I definitely saw a boost in the Plex signal strength readings after setting up the SLX, however, the glitching in the recordings continues (I'm not certain whether or not less than before).
The FVP-4000T now reports c. 90% signal strength and 100% quality on all the main HD channels. Plex reports 4/5 or 5/5 bars signal quality on all channels (5/5 on all the HD channels). I'm reasonably sure these readings are higher than prior to installing the signal booster. So I am not sure I am ever going to get significantly stronger signal strength going into these devices.
The weirdest part of all this to me is that, while the Hauppauge's recordings are quite glitchy, the FVP-4000T signals are rock-solid perfect, every time (whether live or recorded). I really don't understand how two devices using what must be exactly the same signal input can yield such different results.
Any help as to how I can get the highest possible quality HD recordings on the Hauppauge would be appreciated. If anyone has any better ideas as to how to get unrestricted Freeview HD recordings that would also be great!
I invested in a Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD tuner in order to record Freeview broadcasts, particularly in HD since I can't transfer HD recordings off my Humax FVP-4000T box.
My set up is the Hauppauge plugged into an old laptop. I programme and manage all the recordings via a Plex server installed on that laptop. Recordings themselves are made directly onto a network hard drive.
Programming and management of recordings with this setup works OK - Plex isn't perfect, but pretty good. The issue is the quality of the recordings - particularly HD but very occasionally SD as well - where I get a fair bit of digital video and audio glitching. It seems as though some channels are a little worse than others - Channel 4 being a little lower than others, for example. It looks very like what I would expect (and have had in the past) from a poor quality signal.
So, I invested in a SLX 4 way signal booster to try to bump up the signal quality. The SLX is plugged directly into my antenna wall socket - I'm in a block of flats so this leads to the communal aerial. I only use 2 outputs from the signal booster - one goes to my FVP-4000T and the other to the Hauppauge. I definitely saw a boost in the Plex signal strength readings after setting up the SLX, however, the glitching in the recordings continues (I'm not certain whether or not less than before).
The FVP-4000T now reports c. 90% signal strength and 100% quality on all the main HD channels. Plex reports 4/5 or 5/5 bars signal quality on all channels (5/5 on all the HD channels). I'm reasonably sure these readings are higher than prior to installing the signal booster. So I am not sure I am ever going to get significantly stronger signal strength going into these devices.
The weirdest part of all this to me is that, while the Hauppauge's recordings are quite glitchy, the FVP-4000T signals are rock-solid perfect, every time (whether live or recorded). I really don't understand how two devices using what must be exactly the same signal input can yield such different results.
Any help as to how I can get the highest possible quality HD recordings on the Hauppauge would be appreciated. If anyone has any better ideas as to how to get unrestricted Freeview HD recordings that would also be great!
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