[mythtv-users] Artifacts on live TV...
Daniel Jimenez
djimenez at mail.com
Sat Jan 24 12:21:48 EST 2004
Henk Poley wrote:
> I think it might help if you also posted your recording settings
> (somewhere like setup -> tv settings -> recording -> .. -> LiveTV)
This just opened my eyes to something I didn't know. I thought LiveTV
was just a recording option. I thought that streaming to the frontend
always used the best possible quality! Now I have somewhere to start.
Had I known this I would have upped my recording settings.
> And what about your TV? On a very big screen artifacts may be more visible.
Just a small 21'' TV
> You athlons should be able to do a standard MPEG4 at 640x480 just easely.
> (standard MPEG4 encoding settings for mythtv are something like, bitrate:
> 2200, min/max quality: 2/15, max. frame quality diff: 3)
>
> And please describe the kind of artifacts.
>
> flimmering backgrounds? like if big squares are drawn in slightly different
> colors. up your recording quality a bit.
That's what it is.
> slightly visible stripes? you might want to set your recording res. to your
> video res.
> etc.
This too! Thanks!
I appreciate it!
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Daniel Jimenez <djimenez[at]mail[dot]com>
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