[mythtv-users] PVR250 and commercial skip ?

[Will Dormann]

At 06:32 AM 7/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Can you explain in more detail what you mean by the unfinished nature of 
>the ivtv?  Are you talking pixelation in the VCD format?

The ivtv driver is actively being developed, and while it works there are
still more things to do with it.


>Does anyone else encode to VCD/SVCD with a bitrate/resolution that will 
>fit on one CD, with the pvr-250?

Record in high quality (mine's currently set for 2.5-3GB/hour) and then
transcode to VCD or whatever format you like.   The results will be *MUCH*
better than directly recording into such a low bitrate.    (since while
transcoding, you can do some fancy de-interlacing or filtering to aid in
the compression process)

To get an idea of the advantages of filtering your video first, check out
this:
http://dormcam.org/s8vsvdub.html

-WD