[mythtv-users] PVR-350 only records TV at MPEG-1 ??

Niklas Brunlid nbr at ticalc.org
Sat Oct 15 14:13:04 EDT 2005


On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:42:59 +0200, Matt SF <spore at psibercom.org> wrote:

> wow I guess it pays to not only RTFM but RTFM very carefully :)
> I spotted this old post in looking for ways to improve the image quality
> of my PVR-350...
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/112094
>
> note.. "NTSC format at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240"
>
> Sort of begs the question, just what is the MPEG-2 on the board used for?
> I guess just for putting your home video etc. into the S-video input.
>
> Am I to understand the PVR-350 takes the image from the TV tuner,
> captures it at MPEG-1 and then converts it to MPEG-2 then outputs it?

It probably means that it will only record in MPEG-1 up to 352x240 (which  
IIRC is the max res for MPEG-1, but I could bw wrong), but MPEG-2 up to  
720x480.

/ Niklas


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