[mythtv-users] Video Out?

Kevin Thorwesten kevthor at shaw.ca
Thu May 29 17:38:09 EDT 2003


OK So really the TV out portion shouldn't matter to much. I was also looking
at getting a GF4 MX 400 64MB DDR card. And for video capture what do you
suggest a PVR250 or 350? I want to watch the recorded tv as clear as
watching it live.

Thanks for your help.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Miller" <dmiller at flcommunications.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video Out?


> Hi Kevin.  Myth buffers "live tv", encoding it from the source first, then
> decoding it before sending it out to the tv (allows for seperate
front/back
> ends).  The quality will really depend on how you encode it to begin with.
> If you encode at a high resolution, you will get good tv out (as good as
> possible from the source).  If you use a low resolution, you will get
> fair/bad tv out.  Read the docs as they have some resolutions to try.  I
> personally use 320x480 mpeg4 at 4400 (only have a p3 800, and using 93%
cpu)
> and the output is fine for me.  As far as best TV out cards, I don't have
> enough knowledge of all the cards out there to give you an answer, but my
> gf4 mx400 with tv out works fine for me, although it's not exactly cheap
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Thorwesten" <kevthor at shaw.ca>
> To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 5:03 PM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Video Out?
>
>
> > I am just doing preliminary reseach on Myth TV. I want to know what the
> output is like if you use a TV out card to the TV. Is it as good as
quality
> as watching it regularly? And what are the best TV out video cards that
are
> cheap and work with Myth TV.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kevin
> > kevthor at shaw.ca
> >
> >
> >
>
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