Hava... record game video

[Quo]

I was surfing and ran across this. Looks pretty cool... similar to Slingbox but a little friendlier it appears:

The HAVA video system used to record Xbox 360 games.

Obviously it has other uses as well. The thing I like about it is you can evidently continue to play in HD while recording video on your PC.

[KEEZY]

Very cool. After reading the steps a few times, it seems that you will still be seeing the HD picture on your TV. Baller.

[Stewii Griffin]

Well unless I'm reading the how to wrong. It sounds like you are streaming video back through your router to your computer. I wonder what kind of bandwidth this is taking up and if this would have an effect on xbox live lag.

[dmiller68]

The fact it works with the new Wimax Nokia N810 I may pick one of these up.

[Peench]

Do it Dmillah! Be the guinea pig for us all!!

Are you limited to watching in 720p or only capturing in 720p?

[Quo]

Originally Posted by Stewii Griffin

Well unless I'm reading the how to wrong. It sounds like you are streaming video back through your router to your computer. I wonder what kind of bandwidth this is taking up and if this would have an effect on xbox live lag.

I'm no guru, but I think the bandwidth on a router these days is more than sufficient to handle both. Some of these more savvy peeps can comment... the real bottleneck will almost certainly still be the net though.

[KEEZY]

Yeah, it seems to work like that Stewii. A good way to test this would be to copy a file from one computer to another on your network, while playing the XBL. Obviously things run better if only your xbox is active on the network, but I don't know how much it would impact everything. Teh internetz come in at between 6 and 15 (usually), and your network can handle 80ish.

Guess I'll have to pick up a gigabit card for my PC!

[Quo]

I just ordered one of these puppies. I'll let you know how it works. Total impulse purchase... I haven't done that in a long time, I guess I was overdue.

[Peench]

Yay!! Awesome work Quo - I hope it turns out to be something awesome that we all can use!!

[Thornes70]

Originally Posted by Quo

I just ordered one of these puppies. I'll let you know how it works. Total impulse purchase... I haven't done that in a long time, I guess I was overdue.

That's the spirit! Take one for the team, yo!

[Quo]

Here's the first HAVA sample:

Halo 3 Hava file : Online Video | Veoh Video Network

The quality is much better than this initially. Veoh pretty much stinks on the quality side.

Twango does much better quality-wise, I'm sure, but they appear to be in the process of upgrading and streaming play isn't currently available.

Here's a link to the original file that should be clearer. (At least it looks better on my machine)

[KEEZY]

That is awesome! There is some fun to be had with this for sure.