[mythtv-users] Plextor M402U. Supported or not?

[Jim Minihane]

-----Original Message-----
From: "Steven Adeff" <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:44:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Plextor M402U. Supported or not?

> On 3/16/06, Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net> wrote:
> > Steven Adeff wrote:
> > > On 3/16/06, Jim Minihane <min02jsm at minihane.tzo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> ----Original Message-----
> > >> From: "Dale E. Martin" <dale at the-martins.org>
> > >> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > >> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:03:00 -0500
> > >> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Plextor M402U. Supported or not?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> What do you mean "super picky"? Is MPEG2 visibly better than
> MPEG4?
> > >>
> > >
> > > yes and no... mpeg4 (h263) doesn't handle blacks or solid colors as
> > > well as mpeg2. mpeg4 (h263) does give better compression though, so
> > > you get a lower bitrate for a given level of quality. As well h263
> > > doesn't do higher bitrates as well as mpeg2 from what I understand.
> > > h264 changes this though. h264 is a subset of mpeg4 video and fixes
> > > the black level problems and the solid color problems. It also has
> > > much better compression than mpeg2, it does however require much
> more
> > > CPU power to get this compression level.
> > >
> >
> > We're discussing the plextor specifically, which doesn't do h264. It
> > does divx. Both mpeg-4,
> > but different.
> 
> yea, i just wanted to make sure the h264 diferentiation was in there,
> i got blasted by someone last time I didn't reference h264 as mpeg4...
> 
> of course with capture cards, the tuners and a/d converters make a big
> difference too...
> 
> --
> Steve
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I'll be capturing S-Video from a DirecTV receiver. That's about as good as
I can get to feed it. We'll see about the quality. When I rip a DVD, I'll
use MPEG2.
The Plextor is capable of MPEG2, it's just the Linux driver that won't
allow for it. If there's one thing I've learned from lurking in Linux
groups is that there are a lot of really inventive people out there.