Thanks for the help. I’ve tried changing settings in the PS3 and haven’t been able to figure out what’s going on. If it comes to it I’ll put down the money for an HDFury2 but I’d rather not since for some reason it works for you but not me.
Solidpanda
Thanks for the excellent guide. i followed your guide to the T and have good results. I have a couple troubles with the sound though. I don’t know mixer/mix that well.
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the audio mixer that you recommend. Does it allow only one mic??? both of my mic has one 1/4 inch jack each. I can only get one to work
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I have the component rca go into the mixer then mixer rca going into pvr. is it the right way?? I try the other way of just mixer rca to laptop 1/8 inch mic input. But i cannot get the mic to work. I’m sorta computer illiterate :(.
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I also bought a webcam. I want the sound of webcam as well for shiz talking during matches. Whenever it receive some sounds, it give a “hiss” sound. Any idea???
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When I test the stream, I hear echoing. Do you turn off any volume in any of computer?? pvr,xplit…?
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I may have to use virtual cable progam. Can you suggess the right way for my set up??
Please help me. Thanks in advance
Small update on my situation: HDMI to Component converter decided to stop displaying modes at random. Looks like it was defective after all.
hey solidxpanda,
running into some odd issues here. i can get this setup working about 90% the way I want it to. first, this is my set up that I tried the other night:
I have my PS3 hooked up to my Hauppauge and then to my TV. Got the Hauppauge hooked up to my computer via USB. Now, what I did also, was get 2 RCA Y-Splitters to get the Audio coming out of the Hauppauge and ran it into the Tape In on my Mackie audio mixer. In the mixer I had a room mic set up to capture us playing and talking shit, etc. Then I had the Mackie outputting into the computer’s line-in to capture mic and game audio. In additon to this setup, I also had a camcorder connected to the computer via firewire to capture our faces for in between matches, etc.
Now here is the problem I have, and it mainly revolves around a couple things that I can tell:
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Hauppauge has about a 1-1.5 second delay in outputting via USB to the computer. Pretty sure there is no way to bring this down, as the hauppauge actually compresses on the fly.
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Because of that your audio in, which is not delayed by the Hauppauge will come in 1-1.5 seconds early.
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I can fix this by adding the HDMI splitter -> converter setup you have, and running the sound to the mixer and then from the mixer back to the hauppauge, thus mixing the video and audio together as one before it gets compressed and sent to the computer.
OR I can using something like Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) to delay the sound to match the natural Hauppauge delay.
and all that would work fine I think.
HOWEVER
when you introduce a webcam/camcorder to the situation, it gets all messed up. See, the camcorder is a second video input, but it doesn’t suffer the 1-1.5 compression delay like the hauppauge does. So, if you apply the audio fixes above, but then have a camera on a couple commentators then they move their mouths before anything comes out on the stream.
Or you can not apply the audio fixes above, and the microphones will be in line with the camcorder video, but NOT the hauppauge video coming in from the USB.
how did you overcome this problem? I’d be very interested in hearing what you have to say, I’ve spent a long time trying to figure out this little nitpick.
Like I said, it works 90%. As long as the Webcam isn’t focused on a commentator speaking, it really doesn’t matter. But for that one case, it just doesn’t work.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for reading. Hopefully I can help you with the rest.
As far as multiple inputs, this mixer allows up to 5 inputs. You should be able to plug multiple mics into it. Are you plugging them into the correct spots?
I haven’t quite used a mixer yet, I just listed a pretty popular one. That’s why I haven’t written anything out on it yet, but as far as I know, it’s pretty simple. I would assume you run your rca cables from the converter into the mixer, as well as everything else (mics and what not) then output your RCA into the PVR. The PVR will automatically record the sound that your mixer has running through it and send it to your computer, resulting in you not having to use your mic inputs on your computer. And how are you plugging your cameras in? Are they plugged directly into your computer? I plug mine up via USB and they automatically sync up with the rest of the audio since it doesn’t have to run through the PVR.
With the echoing that you are experiencing, you HAVE to either mute the volume on your stream page. I assume since you say ‘‘testing’’ that you have your stream running live on JTV or what ever site you use. xSplit automatically catches the audio coming from your speakers, so it’s going to record the streams audio too, resulting in a ‘‘echo’’.
Virtual Audio Cable acts a an onboard mixer on your computer. It controls all of the audio coming through your computer. What you can do is set a certain amount of lines and join them together into 1 line. Since xSplit captures a single audio input, you can set xSplit to capture VAC. Then go into VAC and set your audio sources to run through that. It won’t capture anything coming through your computer other than what you have set to your line on VAC. I found VAC to be kinda buggy though, so I stopped using it.
Did you end up sending it back? I’ve seen multiple people use the model I use without any problems.
My cameras that I use are USB webcams. How do you have your cameras hooked up? If they are plugged directly into your computer, the video should sync up with the audio coming from your computer (since it’s already compressed and mixed from running through the PVR then to your computer). I go into xSplit and add a new camera source and it’s synced up automatically. My cameras also have built in mics, but I don’t use them at all. It’s just a matter of how you have them hooked up I guess.
Yes, I sent it back and ended up getting thisone right here and have not had any problems thus far. I guess sometimes HDMI converters can end up shifting the display to the left slighty enough to not notice in some cases (where 720p is the most evident, but 480p and 1080i don’t show it as much), but can be very obvious in games with HUDs that fill the entire screen, which is where I noticed it first playing BlazBlue and then PS3 XMB.
And then on top of that, mine was packaged pretty crappy so I bet that didn’t help.
This converter worked well for you? I had a guy just yesterday trying to get this one to work. He was having problems getting the video to even show up on his computer. I think he ended up plugging it directly into his tv and it didn’t work either.
Worked perfectly for me right out the box. Set the PS3/XBox to anything other than 1080p and it should work. Can you link me to the exact one he bought? I saw that some of these were mislabeled.
EDIT: I’m starting to wonder if many different vendors are buying products from different manufacturers claiming to be the same brand, but are knock-offs. Could this be a reason that some work perfectly but others don’t?
It’s possible, because I haven’t had problems with mine, but others have.
Yea, very strange. But thanks once again for the guide, it’s awesome!
Is the Gaming Edition better than the regular HD-PVR?
Not sure what the gaming edition is nor have i tested it. sorry :-/
so if my picture is showing up slighty off centered to the left most likely its my hdmi converter? i didnt really notice it until about a week ago i bought the one on the first post is the only way to fix it is to buy another?
Same thing happened to me with that converter, it seems to be random. I went with this one and have not had any problems to date.
yea i just bought that one that i saw in your earlier post thanks
Need some help. I’m having issues with certain games being choppy where others are not. Mainly with Fist of The North Star: Ken’s Rage. I don’t know why, but every other game I have tested streams well except for this game, I even tried lowering my upload rate to 1500kbps, but no dice.
That’s my internet. This is my laptop, so I don’t think these are problem. Yet, 3SOE runs flawlessly at 2000kbps, while Ken’s Rage looks like absolute crap at only 1500kpbs. What’s the deal here?
EDIT: For more information, I broadcast at 768x432 and have tried in both 60fps and 30fps. My processor never uses more than 30%-40%.
EDIT 2: Never mind, I’ll just record at a super low bitrate.
So, I’ve been hearing from multiple sources saying that this converter does slightly cut off some of the screen. What I have done to fix this though, was cropped the right side of the video. This evens it out with the left side, which is the side that’s being cut out. For me at least, it doesn’t cut out a big amount of the screen. Once I crop it, I barely notice it. Not sure why this is happening, but just crop it and it should be fine.
Hey panda, quick (and possibly stupid) question:
I read in the OP that you shouldn’t run component straight into the PVR, which I completely understand. However, what if I ran the component signal through a video splitter, then ran one to the PVR while running the other to the monitor/TV? Would that produce any lag or unnecessary effects to the stream?
Just curious if this is the case
As long as the splitter you are using doesn’t produce lag, then yes, this is fine. I recommended an HDMI splitter in the OP that I use. I receive no lag what so ever. It’s as if I was by passing straight to my monitor from my Xbox.
Thanks for the guide. I finally got most of the streaming down. Video isn’t that good but that is likely due to my ISP’s shitty upload. :sad: