My cable came like this when I got the PVR2, but I didn’t notice it until I hooked up the PS3 to record The Last of Us. The cables leading to the connector on my component dongle are pulled out, exposing the bare cable. The second issue is with the component video input dongle. If you did want sound recorded, you can enable audio through HDMI or use a Y-Splitter to run RCA audio to the PVR 2. I didn’t want audio recorded to begin with, so I found that selecting “line-in” worked. If you have no audio going through HDMI, and HDMI is selected in the audio settings, blank files will be recorded. Fortunately, Hauppauge monitors their Facebook and provided an answer. After checking the connections and trying the other capture program, it was doing the same thing.
After finishing the game session, I noticed 0MB files saved. I had run my HTPC connected through HDMI to record gameplay and everything looked like it was recording. This is minor issue, but there’s a second part to this. Because of that, a black screen will be output to your display. The PVR 2 doesn’t have auto input detection, so if you have an HDMI device connected and component video is selected in the software, it will not be automatically switched. However one issue remains and it’s not well documented. I’ve run into minor issues with their program on different versions, but most of these have been corrected through updates. One issue deals with the software supplied by Hauppauge. I’ve included a link below to Hauppauge’s website so you can get the latest version. I would recommend skipping the software disk included, as it will undoubtedly be outdated. Operating the PVR is very straight-forward, after connecting all the cables to your console of choice, plug the power adapter to the unit, then plug the USB A/B cable into your Windows or Mac Machine. Like the original HD PVR, the PVR 2 has an onboard encoding chip, which means all the compression will be handled by the device itself, and as such will not be very resource intensive on your PC. This makes recording gameplay more convenient, especially for longer gaming sessions. All PVR 2 models feature a button to start and stop video recording.
The PVR 2 records video in 1080P at up to 30 frames per second from both HDMI and Component video and will actually pass the untouched signal from either source through the HDMI out port on the back of the unit to your HDMI display of choice. The PVR 2 Gaming Edition models come with every cable that you’ll need to capture video from an Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Wii U, as well as the PC.
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