[mythtv-users] Video Quality

[Adam Biskobing]

I don't think that is the problem.  DirecTV sends down an mpeg2 encoded
signal also, and I don't have any problems with jittery motion.  The
only motion problem I ever saw was tearing during high action scenes,
and that was corrected with the deinterlace option.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Teachworth
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:54 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Video Quality
> 
> 
> I've got the jittery motion problem with a PVR-250 too. Just 
> out of curiosity, how many of us that have this problem have 
> digital cable? I _believe_ the cable co here encodes the 
> digital channels to MPEG2 (I've got a dct2224) so is this 
> just a consequence of encoding the same signal x2? Just 
> guessing here...
> 
> Chris Teachworth 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users- 
> > bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Shay - MythTV
> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:37 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video Quality
> > 
> > At 07:52 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
> > >Tor Hovland wrote:
> > >
> > >>Rest assured that you are not alone. Having spent the last week
> setting
> > up
> > >>my own Myth box, I have eventually ironed out just about all
> problems
> > (the
> > >>whole thing was very unstable with the stock gentoo sources, but
> > following
> > >>the advice of switching to vanilla sources certainly 
> solved it). The
> > picture
> > >>is very good and I'm quite happy with the system now. 
> However, I can
> > still
> > >>feel (yeah, that's the term that describes it best) the difference
> > between
> > >>analog and Myth/PVR-250, simply because the analog video is much
> > smoother.
> > >>It seems to me that the capture frame rate is just a 
> little too low,
> and
> > >>when contrasting things move quickly you can actually see how they
> jump
> > from
> > >>one discrete position to the next, i.e. not the virtually 
> continuous 
> > >>movement that we expect from live tv.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >It's possible the problem lies on the output side of things and not
> > really
> > >capture related at all.  My wife once said "it's like 
> watching tv on
> the
> > >computer but it's on tv" which was her way of saying it 
> didn't look 
> > >natural...  Lots of tweaking later and she's one happy camper.  In
> fact
> > >during A/B comparisons she preferred Myth's output to the Tivos. 
> > >_______________________________________________
> > 
> > I believe that I'm getting the same quality as Tor, and I 
> can honestly
> say
> > its not the output.  If I watch a DivX movie, the quality is superb.
> > 
> > -Shay
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
>