[mythtv] playback quality

[tarek Lubani]

Hey!!

I had an almost identical setup to this.. the thing I think you're doing 
incorrectly is using the rtjpeg codec.. try switching to mpeg4.. You 
certainly have a system that can handle it..

On my 1200 running many other server applications (our linux is our main 
system), I was able to get 480x480 running smoothly.. You may be able to 
get it up to 640x480, but I don't know.. It all depends on what else your 
system is doing..

Well, good luck, and let us know how it goes..

tarek : )

> I've got my mythtv setup and running normal now, but
> the quality is not all that great.  I am using my
> older machine which has:
> 
> AMD T-bird 1200Mhz
> GeForce 2 MX 400
> SoundBlaster AWE64 ISA :(
> WinTV-dbx 401
> IBM 25GB UDMA HD @ 14.81MB/s
> Gentoo Linux 2.4.19
> rtjpeg codec
> 
> I am wondering how well this machine should perform. 
> My picture when watching tv on my monitor is not all
> that great ... I am going to assume this is the fault
> of my gf2 MX.  However the card should be more than
> capable of doing 60fps on any resolution with better
> rates than a tv.  Would a radeon or gf3/4 serve me
> better?
> 
> Its obvious my sound card is old and junkie ... but
> its for testing right now.  I would like to get one of
> the audiophile cards ... what is the driver support
> like in linux?  is it easy to get these cards running
> and configured using alsa in linux?
> 
> I also know the tv card is a bit cheap ... but it
> should do the job right?  Will a better tv card help
> anything?
> 
> And finally the processor and HD.  Most people said
> that a 1GHz or more machine should work for even the
> mpeg4 encoding ... and while my machine isn't blazing
> ... it should be fast enough right?  The HD is slow
> and I am planning on adding a newer drive to do all
> the recording for mythtv ... is 14.81MB/s why things
> are going slow?
> 
> Hopefully the answers will compile nicely into a
> "System Recommendations" doc.
> 
> -- Allen
> 
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