[mythtv-users] Internal player stability issues with PVR-350
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Jan 16 01:34:10 UTC 2006
Jason Surprise wrote:
> I'm new to mythtv. I re-used an older system with the addition of a
> PVR-350. It has worked pretty flawlessly, and I'm very impressed with
> the quality of the software.
>
> Since I have a PVR-350 with mpeg2 hardware decoding, I've been trying to
> convert my VHS tapes to mpeg2 files to use the Internal player to make
> use of the hardware decoder. On another system, I use my DV camera to
> capture VHS, then I use transcode to transcode to 352x480 mpeg2. When I
> play it in mythvideo using the Internal player, it more or less plays
> fine, but occasionally will lock up the system, particularly when doing
> rew/ff. I see the following msgs in syslog:
>
> ...
>
Why not record from the VHS tapes with your PVR-350? It produces MPEG-2
that it happily plays back...
> Since I haven't had one issue with playback of myth recorded mpeg2, I am
> wondering if there is a special resolution/bitrate/etc that I need to
> follow in order for the internal player to work on misc mpeg2 video? Or
> is this something I need to ask the ivtv developers as well?
>
That would be a more appropriate place than the Myth list. ;)
Mike
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