[mythtv-users] Myth playback quality

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Sat Oct 18 22:31:19 EDT 2003


On Saturday 18 October 2003 09:26 pm, Chris wrote:
>  Thanks to everyone who responded, here's more information as requested:
>
> - I have a Radeon 7000/VE video card that I'm using purely for the
> TV-out (which means VESA instead of Radeon drivers, and no Xv).  I'll
> eventually get an averkey or something converter, but for now it looks
> pretty good.
>
> - I've tried changing the interlace setting, as well as the next one
> below it (I'm not at home right now, it's "recording quality" or
> similar), and honestly I haven't noticed any change in quality at all,
> good or bad.
>
>  Right now I'd just like to know why mplayer's quality is better than
> myth.  I can use mplayer manually by tracking down the newest file, but
> I'm sure myth can do better and it's probably something I'm overlooking.

Because you're not using Xv, and no one has spent any time whatsoever making 
the non-Xv code work very well.

Isaac


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