[mythtv-users]Finally got everything set up! (have a few minor questions though)

Mike Miller miller44 at optonline.net
Wed Jul 9 02:11:20 EDT 2003


Well I finally got everything working, and its awesome.  I would like to
thank everyone on this mailing list b/c there is NO way I could have
done this w/o your help and thanks to Isaac for writing such an awesome
application.  
Btw my comp specs are
Athlon xp 2000+
512 mb ddr ram
120 gb hdd
sb live!
Leadtek winfast tv2000xp deluxe (that's a mouthful)
Nvidia geforce2 mx-400
 
A few questions
1. do most of you keep your settings for recording and live tv the same?
If not, why not?
2. im not very familiar with codecs, which would I be better off using
mpeg4 or the rtjpeg one, I tried rtjpeg and I got a 1.8 gb file for 30
min of video on default bitrate.  So im trying mpeg4 now.
3. Speaking of bitrate I have mine at 3000, seems to be pretty stable
now, what do you most of you have yours at?  Is there a setting where
after x I wont be able to see the difference.
4. should I not mess w/the min/max/diference between sliders (the ones
below bitrate)
5. what should my audio sampling rate be? I have it at 4100 now I think
and my mp3 quality is 7 which seems to be reasonably good.what would
improve/decrease the quality more the sampling rate or mp3 quality
slider?
6. what is transcoding?
7. when I exit the mythfrontend I notice it says opening OSS device on
/dev/sound/dsp ..this is weird, it should be using alsa, its using the
settings from the alsamixer
8. I tried changing the brightness, but when I changed channel it went
back to default, is there a way I can say, brightness 40% for all
channels (or should I just do this on the tv/monitor)
 
 
That's all lol, thanks again for everything.
Btw if anyone has any questions on the tv tuner card (it's a bit tricky)
feel free to email me directly.
 
/another happy mythtv-er
 
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