passive sign convention distilled part 2 , ref. node analysis
0transcoded with Colossus 2 hardware , Hauppauge
14 Mbs 1920 x 1080
No extra software video editor was needed .
These PC capture\recorder products have more uses
then just game capture .
When running an app. full screen , we can record
our efforts into an HD H.264 video .
If a camera\camcorder can stream live on it's HDMI , we can
record that too.
For now , the PC video card HDMI is going straight into
Colossus 2 .
played the png\bit maps in Window's Photo Viewer ,
as a full screen slide show . Must name each image
so that they play in the intended order .
Then trim'd in Edit tab , for no-loss trims .
The trim'd result is the exact same quality as the
original recorded data , literally . Hauppauge trim
reads into the file , then makes a new copy of the
remaining data( No transcoding ) .
The Edit tab also trims *.ts files recorded with
Hauppauge PVR 950Q TV tuner . I assume the same is
true for all of the Hauppauge TV tuners that record
to MPG2 as *.ts .
( Colossus 2's *.ts are H.264 )
I have viewed , closely , other's game play recorded footage .
It seems , that while those videos have more smooth( no blocks ) transcode when graphics portions move really fast , but , the overall edges are soft
( not as sharp looking ) kind of dull\blur .
I also do not know what their bit rate was either .
The transcoder in Colossus 2 , handles fast motion extremely well .
On very close inspection , the minimum square\mosaics are visable
typically during the most frantic fast motion( a spinning blade or something )
Backing up just a few inches , the blending of this fast motion mosaics looks excellent . This game fast motion is the most difficult to transcode . Regular video stuff is even better .
The Colossus 2 is supposed to be the same as the HD PVR2 .
Text , black on gray looks real good . Red , the red box's seem to have a green offset on some of the edges . Can't compare to other capture products , Have not seen any other critical text footage .
I suppose an AVI un-compressed capture , and then a deep software transcode could do better , but then we are looking at huge AVI files , and then we need to do a manual software transcode( could take a while )