This is a user-added feature which, just like the as-yet unimplemented NAS functionality, was in the pipeline for a while, but is now fully realised and works rather well. More importantly, it goes to show how flexible the OSD can really be.
For now, until someone programs it to make tea for you while teaching you Japanese, the most interesting aspect of the Neuros is its recording ability. For TV recording, meanwhile, the OSD can do x or a rather odd but more widescreen-friendly x in MP4 format — just keep in mind that when recording at these resolutions, there is a 4GB maximum file size.
The recording process is easy as pie. Anyone who can manage a VCR will have no trouble whatsoever with the Neuros — to a point. You see, there is absolutely no mention in the quick-start guide of how to prepare your media. Considering it spends an entire page on recording settings, which are rather easy to figure out, this is a regrettable lack.
So yes, you can plug in your 1TB hard drive, but you might need to re-format and partition it first. The main thing holding the Neuros OSD back is its somewhat limited hardware and lack of support for high definition. If Neuros was to make an Open Source Device with more ports and high-definition support, then the possibilities would be amazing, and I would buy one in a flash. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest.
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As such, it's good to have people and information to fall back on and as luck would have it we have some sources that can be mostly relied on to lead us through the darkness.
Wikis are great, aren't they? Full of useful information, sometimes useful, at least. The OSD Wiki is a very helpful source of information, but I wouldn't count on it being up to date, or accurate.
It's certainly a good start point for solving your issues, it's possible that somebody has had the same issue that you're experiencing and they then found a solution, which is documented on the Wiki. As with all mailing lists, the Neuros OSD is full of people asking for help, or those providing the help. Those asking the questions are often new to the OSD looking for help setting up their build environment, or for information related to the API for the Neuros.
The guys who know their stuff lots of these folk are developers at Neuros are able to help with just about every problem that people have thrown at them - even some of the truly bizarre! When you absolutely need an immediate fix for something, or just don't want to wait for people to check their e-mail before finding out what to do then IRC is the place to go. I like gadgets where I don't need to look at the user guide.
I don't want to have to look through pages and pages of manual to find out where cable A plugs into port B, etc.
You know what I mean, it's just plain annoying. Thank god there's none of that nonsense with the Neuros OSD! It's very easy to hook it up. It's obvious what goes where - even if the connectors look the same there's text - actual text, not tiny icons - on the side of the OSD to let you know which port is for what.
Not any of that "tiny raised" text eight. This is bold and white, on a black background. I'm fairly confident in saying that anybody could set this up. If you have a DHCP network then you're set. If, on the other hand, you have a static IP reserved for the OSD then it will take you slightly longer to configure, but not much. There's a menu option devoted to setting up your network where you need to enter an IP address, and other networking details.
It isn't rocket science - if you've setup a static IP network then this will be a walk in the park for you. The OSD doesn't have an onboard hard disk, so you'll need somewhere to record your input to. The choices are simple, and are detailed below:.
Press this button. You'll then be presented with some options related to exactly where you'd like to record the input source too ie.
It's possible to tune the parameters and record in a specific resolution, with a particular codec, at a certain number of frames per second. However, I doubt most people will want to do this, and I think Neuros must have considered this too, because they offer some very handy presets to allow you to record quickly.
For instance, select "PSP" as the target device and the Neuros automatically chooses the codec, the resolution and the number of frames per second that the device uses for its video output. Very handy. They also include presets for the video iPod, among others. So once you've chosen your target device, and your destination you press the "Enter" button on the remote and off it goes, recording for your viewing pleasure.
A lot of USB devices are mass storage devices - not all, but many. In particular those that are dedicated to storage. These will all work "out of the box" with the OSD and you can easily record to them to take away. Supporting many different memory cards makes it very easy to record directly to them.
As listed in the specs, the following different types are supported:. Currently while the OSD connects to your home network, it isn't actually much use for connecting to network shares. Doing this has to be done via a network shell. This is all done in software, so future version will undoubtedly support many different network systems, such as streaming and the like. Thankfully, because this is done in software, it's also fixable in software. I've been reliably informed that there is constant ongoing work to improve the menu system and allow for user friendly network access.
I have quite a large TV - a 37" widescreen - and the playback on that screen was quite poor. Whether this was related to the widescreen issues mentioned below or the general quality of my input source I'm not sure, but I certainly won't be using the OSD to record TV for playback on my TV.
On the other hand it played back quite nicely on my PC, which could indicate that the video decoder of the OSD isn't up to scratch. After testing the recording presets for the PSP I was quite happy with the result.
I don't expect miracles and I wasn't presented with any, just a good quality reproduction of what I'd been watching on TV. If you're planning on buying an OSD to record TV or any input source for playback on a hand held device then I don't think you'll be disappointed.
At high quality the recordings did have serious sync issues. The sound and video often get very out of sync and sometimes the video judders, or slows to get back to where it should be. This is something that I'm sure will be resolved in software soon enough, as the onboard chipset has sufficient grunt under the hood to make it possible.
No such luck. It only appears to handle standard ratios, or at least that's all I could manage to record. While recording everything seems fine, but upon playback the result is resized to , which sure as hell doesn't look good. It's great, it really is. Not for what it is, but what it could be. I'll grant you that in its current state it's relatively immature, but from what I've experienced within the community there are a lot of people out there who're working very hard to make this little device into something worth owning.
Is it ready for "users"? No, not yet, but I don't think it will be long before it is, provided that the enthusiasm within the community remains.
Is it ready for "developers"? Yes - just.
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