Software and hardware combination to watch, record and stream live TV on a PC.
Hauppauge WinTV is a freeware video player app and developed by Hauppauge for Windows.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
Watch television from your video capture card
WinTV lets you control more than one WinTV device in your system. With the new "multi" feature, if you have dual tuners in your PC, you can have live TV from both on the screen at the same time.
With subtitles, WinTV lets you display subtitles from your digital TV program on top of the TV window. To watch TV full screen, double your LEFT mouse button again. To exit full screen, double your LEFT mouse button again or hit the ESC key. You will then be in the Normal TV viewing mode.
You can also change the viewing modes from a drop down menu by a RIGHT click in the live TV window to bring up the Options menu. Click Viewing mode and select Normal, No tile or Full screen.
Features of Hauppauge WinTV
- Closed Captioning: View closed captions on recorded and live shows.
- Dolby Digital Audio: Enjoy Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
- HDTV Support: Enjoy free-to-air High Definition TV.
- Multi-channel Preview: See what's playing on multiple channels.
- Multiple Format Support: Stream, record and watch in multiple formats.
- Parental Controls: Set parental control to keep your kids safe.
- Picture-in-picture: Watch two channels at once.
- QuickScan: Automatically scan for digital TV channels.
- Radio Tuner: Listen to the radio with a built-in FM tuner.
- Remote Control: Control your TV experience from your couch.
- Scheduling: Schedule your recordings with ease.
- TV Guide Support: Get an interactive TV guide with show information.
- TV Recording: Record TV shows with ease.
- Time-shifting: Pause live TV and resume from where you left off.
- USB 2.0 Connectivity: Stream and record TV with a USB 2.0 connection.
Compatibility and License
Hauppauge WinTV is provided under a freeware license on Windows from video players with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 8.5 is the latest version last time we checked.
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