[mythtv-users] PVR-250 Encoding Question

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Jun 25 12:17:15 EDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Isaac Richards
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:58 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 Encoding Question
>
>
> On Wednesday 25 June 2003 09:00 am, Ray Gaida wrote:
> > Does MythTV encode in MPEG2 when used with a PVR-250?
>
> Yup.
>
> > Everything works great for me, but I am not too sure
> > about what encoding setting to use. When running
> > mythfronend's setup, there are no options for MPEG 2
> > in the recording section. I think there is only RTJPEG
> > and MPEG4.
> >
> > What are the PVR-250 people using on this option? Does
> > it matter?
>
> Doesn't matter at all -- only thing that's used from the
> recording section is
> resolution, for now.

Seeing as this question comes up alot, would it make sense to hide/disable
the other options if you choose 'Hardware MPEG' as your capture card type?
It would probably eliminate the confusion.

-JAC



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