[mythtv-users] Recordings' Video Scrambled When Played Externally

[Aran Cox]

I have experienced... I might try experimenting with using MPEG4
compression on MythTV just so I can archive my shows.  I guess I should
look more deeply into mythtranscode too... maybe it will be good enough
though I do like the way RTJPEG files look...



On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 13:53, devale at computer.org wrote:
> Evan,
> 
> What video codec are you using?  I experienced the effect you describe
> with RTJPEG, but it did not manifest when I switched to MPEG4.  I posted
> about it a day or so ago, but no one replied about having experienced it
> themselves.  My guess is that the majority of folks either use:
> A) One of the Win-PVR cards
> B) MPEG 4
> or
> C) Don't re-encode or use other viewers
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Evan P. Mills wrote:
> 
> > Hi, all!
> >
> > I can play recorded shows within MythTV without problems.  However, when
> > I try to view the recordings using mplayer or encode them using
> > mencoder, some sections of the video appear scrambled.  The scrambled
> > frames appear to be divided into blocks about 15-20 across and down,
> > primarily shades of green with some of the underlying frame visible.
> > Whether I play or encode, the same frames are scrambled the same way.
> >
> > I tried to capture a screen shot but when I try to open the image, I see
> > only blue instead of the frame's image.  So perhaps this is a video
> > overlay thing?
> >
> > I'm using a Matrox G450-eTV card using the mga.o video driver with
> > MythTV 0.10.  I've even created a custom mplayer executable using Matt
> > Zimmerman's patch but with the same results.
> >
> > Anyone else seen this problem before?  I wonder what MythTV's doing
> > differently to play the video without any problems?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help!
> >     -- Evan
> >
> >
> 
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