[mythtv-users] mpeg decoder video card?

[James Hansen]

Not really able to answer your question, apart from to say that even on 
a monitor, moving text (e.g. credits) is never very clear..

If anyone has a solution to this, I'd also be very interested to hear it :)

James

Ricardo Kleemann wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I was wondering if the output quality is better if I use a video card with
>mpeg2 decoding, instead of one without.
>
>I use a PVR-150 for encoding, and a GeForce4 MX440 with S-Video out for
>output, but I imagine that the decoding is done in software?
>
>Overall the video quality is good. It's a little soft, I'd like to have it
>sharper, and also it's quite noticeable if, for example, credits are
>scrolling by on the screen... that certainly causes some jerkyness, I guess
>quickly scrolling text doesn't come out very good. And I was wondering if
>decoding was done in hardware on the card, if stuff like that would be of
>better quality.
>
>Having said that, what video cards have mpeg2 decoding? I know the PVR-350
>has it, but that's also a capture card. Are there output-only video cards
>with mpeg2 decode, which don't cost an arm and a leg?
>
>Is there a good software alternative? Should I apply some filters? Is there
>a way to improve the sharpness and also not get the jerkyness on stuff like
>scrolling text?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Ricardo
>
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