Applications:
SageTV 1.1.4
SageRecorder 1.1.4
Screenshots:
Testing:
MPEG Test using defaults setting
MPEG2 CVD (HalfD1), 352x480
MPEG2 MAX 12.0MBit/sec, FullD1 720x480
SVCD Extra Long Play, (HalfD1) 480x480
SVCD Long Play, (HalfD1) 480x480
SVCD Standard Play, (HalfD1) 480x480
DVD Extra Long Play, FullD1 720x480
DVD Long Play, FullD1 720x480
DVD Standard Play, FullD1 720x480
All the above formats work well in playback and live preview mode.
Test 24 hour non stop recording and not one time did it crash.
Bugs:
So far I haven't had any problem capturing or setting up scheduled
recordings or even just watching TV. It is a very solid application
with 1.1.4.
Wish List:
- Xcard OSD support.
- 350 OSD support (Coming Soon SageTV2).
- 350 Radio FM recording support (Would be nice to have).
- Skin support (Coming Soon SageTV2).
Conclusion:
Over all SageTV, is an outstanding application and it is very
solid. What's really cool is that it works with the new & old Hauppauge
PVR remote control.
What I really like is that I can record different MPEG qualities for
each scheduled recording.
I just love the fact that I'm able to scroll through 2 weeks of TV
guide listings once the database is downloaded. I like the search
capabilities too and the favorites manager.
One thing I like about it is I can change channels on my
Satellite box which makes it much easier to schedule recording
different shows on different channels thank to the Actisys IR-200L.
Best of all I can make use of my REALmagic Xcard for REALtime
Hardware decoding which brings down my system resource usage a lot.
Best of all you can use any soft mpeg decoder and can make use
of some video cards that support some mpeg hardware acceleration
like DX9 VMR, iDCT, MC, etc, etc.
Oh, and did I tell you it has DScaler Deinterlacer support and along
with a lot of other options too.
Update what new in SageTV
SageTV GUI is looking much better lot of little impove here and there
check out the My custom Screenshot.
Ho SageTV can now play other Audio/Video format like AVI, MP3, DivX,
etc, etc for playback and this cool to Music Visualizations.
P.S. That my background which you can download rigth here.
If want TV Logo's you get them rigth here.
Oh and new thing coming to DVD and HDTV and who know what eles jeff
has up his sleev.
Best of all some of you love this new SageTV Client.
Streaming LiveTV and Per-Recording Video and Music and more to any
PC on the loacl network.
SageRecorder works well. It does everything you want it to do.
It even works with the Xcard for REALtime Preview and it has built in
scheduling and it works with the Actisys IR-200L for changing channels.
It too can record different MPEG qualities for each scheduled recording.
Best of all you can use any soft mpeg decoder and can make use of some
video cards that support some mpeg hardware acceleration like DX9 VMR,
iDCT, MC, etc, etc.
Oh, and did I tell you it has DScaler Deinterlacer support and there
are lots other option too.
Update what new in SageRecorder
Channel Setup/Naming Table, AutoTune Support for RF sources, Eazy Acc
Schedule button
The Killer new features with 1.4.10
Multiple Tuners on same PC
Multiple Tuners on Multiple PC as in Network Encoding now that Cool
Music playback
DVD playback
Integrated Search
Intelligent Recording
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR2 USB
Adaptec VideOh! DVD Media Center Edition PCI (Model AVC2010/2410)
My only disappointment is it a Java based application which I'm
not big fan of I perf ture programming language for that OS.
But there is a good side to this Java application. They will be able to
port to any other OS out there such as Linux, Sun, OS/2 Warp, FreeBSD,
QNX, BeOS you name it, at much faster rate then trying build it
from ground up as soon as we have full set of drivers made for that OS.
Then there is the GUI which looks a bit disappointing. I hope they
do some change in the next major version update like 2.0 of SageTV,
SageRecorder needs a bit more of a flashy look.
Final Words:
Overall I'm very impressed with it right now and its overall
performance, so I giving it a 9.5/10.
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