[mythtv-users] Playing back PVR500 recordings on PVR350 decoder
Ole Andre Schistad
oschista at chello.no
Tue Jan 10 17:53:47 UTC 2006
I recently added a PVR500 to my existing mythtv box, and am hoping there
is a way to play back all recordings using the hardware decoder chip on
the 350. My primary reason for this is simply that mpeg2 looks much
better when output through the HW decoder than when played back in
software, although I am also experiencing some problems getting sound
when using software playback (complains about my alsa settings).
Since the encoder on the PVR500 should produce an identical mpeg2 stream
to that on the PVR350, there should be no reason why it can't be done -
only that mythtv may not be coded to actually do things this way out of
the box.
I expect that there is a flag somewhere in the database which myth uses
to determine wether to dump a given file to the PVR350s decoder chip or
to software decode it to the framebuffer? If so, then one way of
achieving what I want would be to run a periodic equivalent to UPDATE
tablename SET flagname='recorded_by_350' where
flagname='not_recorded_by_350' or similar .. but maybe there is a more
elegant way ? Or am I not supposed to have this particular problem to
begin with? :)
Anyway, appreciate any help from you guys.
Cheers,
Ole André
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