June 2, 2006 10:53 AM

search for slingcorder.  applian has been advertising and there are a few people that have tried it and commented..

Slinging Tivo Series 2, Tivo HD, and TW cable from a Pro. Slinging Tivo HD from a Solo, Slinging Humax DRT800, and TW cable from a Classic to Sprint Mogul, AT&T SX66, N62, 8525, and Dell Inspiron 8600 with Sprint EVDO over Windstream DSL.

June 3, 2006 9:11 AM

Probably to keep the price from going up another 30 bucks?

June 3, 2006 9:50 AM

I played around with the demo a little bit this morning. The program does a good job of capturing the video. Playback triggered Windows Media on my machine so I assume the software doesn't have its own playback but uses whatever the default media player is on your computer. The software has a timer built into it but all of the recording requires that slingplayer already be up and running. So, if you decided that you wanted to record a show 5 hours from now, you would have to turn sling player on and leave it on. There is nothing in the software that starts the slingplayer at the designated time or selects the channel you want to record from. I'm not sure yet whether I'm excited enough about it to pay for it, although the discount has me thinking about it.

During the 5 minute test that I did with the demo, the slingplayer lost the connection about 2 minutes into the recording, so I started the stream over but allowed the recorder keep running.  I was surprised to find that when I played the recorded material back, the video that had been recorded before the streamed was dropped was gone, and there was 5 minutes of video starting from the point where I re-established the connection.   I guess if a dropped stream happens when you are recording something you really want to keep that you would have to start a second recording with a different name.  Since I didn't stop the recorded but let it run while I was re-establishing the stream, I assumed that the part that was recorded before the interuption would be there, followed by blank space while I was starting slinngplayer up again, and then more video.  But that was not the case. 

June 3, 2006 11:21 AM

bounderboy said: Just installed demo - also - very easy setup and was recording within seconds.. Strange things are: 1.) Stopped Slingplayer on hitting record meaning I had to reconnect, not sure if bug or by design 2.) When stopped recording and hit play the video although very good quality was in a very strange aspect ration of 8:3 - so the picture was very squashed - i wonder if this related to me using the UK version of the slingplayer... But definately seems an interesting prospect...

I'm have a US Slingbox, but am also running the UK Slingplayer - and have the same squashed video recording that you mention.  I think you may be onto something regarding this being related to the version of Slingplayer (US vs. UK). 

June 5, 2006 8:26 AM

My only complaint after trying it is the size of the file created.  During a 4 minute test, the file was a bit over 40 MB. For a one hour show, you are looking at better than 600 MB.  I tried several times, and it did not matter what size I made the slingplayer video.

I would like to see a "low res" option where you can record a much smaller file.

Other than that, it appears to work fine. I have been unable to make other utilities such as snagit work with slingplayer.

Carl

June 7, 2006 11:32 AM

Some tech stuff on Replay SlingCorder:

1) The file size is dependent upon the quality of the stream being sent over. Replay SlingCorder captures every bit that Slingbox sends, so your video playback is a perfect reproduction of the original.  You can use Applian's Replay Converter product to convert to a lower quality video for archiving or transfer to portable devices. 

2) The stretching problem is fixed by UNCHECKING the "Enable High-Quality Mode for at Home (LAN) viewing" option in SlingPlayer, under Player, Options.

 

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June 10, 2006 1:02 PM

Hi -

Just rename the .asf to .wmv - it's the same thing.

Best Regards,

Bill Dettering
Applian Technologies Inc.
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June 11, 2006 1:26 PM

Personally, I'd like to thank Bill and his team at Applian for coming up with this product!

Also, it's not like he's hiding or pretending to have found this product, it states quite clearly in his signature and his profile what his connection to the Slingcorder is.

 

June 11, 2006 4:40 PM

Actually - these are real people.  Leslie Bee and I are the only ones who have posted from our company.

The reason we did this in the first place was that there was an obvious demand, and so far, the response has been great.  We've also received requests for new features, which is awesome.

So as long as people keep asking questions, I'll keep answering them.

Best Regards,

Bill Dettering
Applian Technologies Inc.
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June 18, 2006 6:20 PM

Hey Bill:

 

If I order sling recorder today, will it work at home and work both, or just 1 pc ?