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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 08/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott Traurig</b> <<a href="mailto:straurig@comcast.net">straurig@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi all,<br><br>I'm a new mythtv user, having purchased a setup from MonolithMC. I am<br>transitioning from a Pioneer DVR appliance that I loved and the teething
<br>pains are pretty severe. I've got 3 serious problems left to solve, not<br>including verifying stability of the configuration.<br><br>Environment: Comcast Moto DCT2224 STB inputting to PVR150 via NTSC<br>composite, Nvidia outputting to Sony 32" NTSC CRT monitor via composite.
<br>Myth 0.21.<br><br>Top of the list is fixing video quality. The quality of set-up is nowhere<br>near that achieved with the Pioneer unit. Detail is substantially lacking<br>and motion artifact is severe. I turned off de-interlacing since it has no
<br>meaning in my setup and this helped a little. More importantly I simply<br>doubled the default live TV bit rate settings from 4.5 avg/6 peak to 9<br>avg/12 peak (I left the default 720 x 480 resolution alone). This helped a
<br>lot but is things are still not as sharp as the Pioneer and a lot of motion<br>artifact is still evident on scenes that have a lot of change.<br><br>Don't be blaming it on the rest of the setup: I literally plugged the myth
<br>box in where the Pioneer used to be, same video cables and all.<br><br>So...<br><br>a) I don't care about disk space. What bit rate should I run?<br>b) Is this bit rate a "standard"? Shouldn't it be?
<br>c) Or am I well and truly screwed, i.e. am I limited by the intrinsic<br>quality of the available codecs, PVR and Nvidia hardware regardless of what<br>bit rate I run?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Scott<br><br>_______________________________________________
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<div>Scott,</div>
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<div>I'm afraid my friend you are limited by the intrinsic poor quality of the TV-OUT available on most video cards including Nvidias.</div>
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<div>If you only have a PVR-150 as your input you could try adding a PVR-350 card and using the TV-OUT of that. The quality is much better, probably more what you're used to. If you were in Europe I'd suggest using the RGB/Scart input on your TV which will put your Panasonic to shame, but alas....
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<div>(Another option is to use a Hauppauge Media MVP if you don't mind the less rich interface. This also has great output)</div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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<div>Steve</div>
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