[mythtv-users] best method to performance tune?

[Brian A. Vance]

I think that's a great idea! It would take alot of the pain out of
tuning!!

-Beev

On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 12:16, John wrote:
> I have been thinking the same thing about how hard it is to "fine-tune" the
> settings, especially the watching live tv part.  By the time I get back from
> changing the settings, I can't really "remember" exactly how it looked and
> if it's better (especially when it's close).  Worse yet, whatever I was
> looking at on the tv has changed and I'm comparing apples to oranges.
> Here's an idea...
> 
> Could we add an option that turns on some "settings keys"?  Maybe you press
> S for settings and then you can change the resolution, quality lvl,
> decimation, audio, etc. with some keystrokes and an onscreen indicator tells
> you what you've picked.  Then maybe you press a key to "save" them?  That
> would be awesome!  Even better would be if the software could tell you your
> current "framerate" and/or "frames dropped" statistic (like in PC games) so
> that you could get an on-screen indicator of your progress.
> 
> We already have something like this with the bright/contrast/color settings
> (jkl), I'm just wondering if we could expand this.  Even if we just start
> simple and do the quality (Q/q)?  BTW, do the "jkl" settings get saved?
> Where?
> 
> Thanks!
> JC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian A. Vance" <bvance at egenera.com>
> To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:45 AM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] best method to performance tune?
> 
> 
> > It's probably safe to say that the primary goal of most MythTV'ers is to
> > squeak the best possible performance out of the hardware they currently
> > have.  So the question is this...
> >
> > What is the best way to find optimal settings?
> >
> > (I realize 'optimal' is an ambiguous term and depends on personal
> > preferences.. i.e. resolution, clarity, sound quality, file size, etc..)
> >
> > - Do you start at the lowest possible settings for each compression type
> > and just slowly bring resolution/quality up until your hardware just
> > can't keep up?
> > (This can get very tedious as it's tough to make a determination on
> > quality without taking a large sampling.  i.e 30 mins on different
> > channels)
> >
> > - Are there ways of gathering dropped frame rates other than counting
> > messages from the console?
> >
> > Right now I just seem to be making stabs in the dark.  Seems that
> > without making a huge matrix and keeping track of quality levels for
> > each setting, my attempts are futile!
> >
> > What are people's preferred methods?  Are there general guidelines when
> > picking settings?
> >
> >
> > -Beev
> >
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