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Hauppauge HD PVR - PS2 recording

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  • 31-10-2013 1:41am
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    Ross_Mahon
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    I have been recording with the PS2. But the captured video is small. Do all videos come out like this?

    I have also noticed that it does not look great playing on a HD TV, Any way to fix this?

    Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    When you mean small, how do you mean?

    I assume the Hauppauge is recording in 360p, possibly 480, so the file size will be smaller and the game might be in a 4:3 aspect ratio as opposed to the traditional 16:9.

    Also, an analogue SD recording by and large is going to look bad on a HD TV- the arcade and retro people might know if there's any way to round the edges and the like, but at the end of the day it's SD.


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    Ross_Mahon
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    Its recording in 720 x 576i 50hz. The black edges come up like this...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZMo9MdfTL4


    I can crop around the black edges. But is there any other way? I've also heard recording with S-Video is better than composite?


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    Alowishus
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    There's generally a problem with non-HD systems and playing on a HDTV. I use my SNES through my HDTV (set up for streaming) and the quality is really blurry on the tv.

    When I stream older consoles there is a way to improve the quality. I tend to run from the video capture device into amcap or OBS which gives the option of deinterlacing which can improve the quality a lot. So you can improve the recording quality but the actual tv output will be the same - essentially you are recording a recording on your computer monitor.

    I haven't had any experience with using HD capture devices but in general I've heard they aren't really good for recording in standard definition.

    I don't know what you use for editing after recording but I used Camtasia and when I recorded the files it was possible to stretch them into whatever aspect ratio you wanted. Also is it only cutscenes which have the bars? I always assumed that most cutscenes had bars, especially on PAL consoles. Bars were usually added as they were too lazy to optimise the games to run at the correct speeds.


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