[mythtv-users] "Excellent" transcode isn't so excellent

[Sage]

No answers... has no one had these problems?  I can't be the only
one...  Surely someone out there has had to tweak their transcode
settings?  Or is it just working out of the box for everyone else?

On 7/8/06, Sage <sage at gypsycaravan.com> wrote:
> I'm having problems with MythDVD's transcode feature, particularly on
> the "excellent" setting:
>
> 1. Sound is not sync'd up correctly with the video; the video is
> noticeably lagging behind.
> 2. Motion blur:  too much abrupt movement causes noticeable distortion
> in the picture.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake), using the 0.19-fixed branch of
> MythTV from SVN.  Output is handled by the Geforce 6150 TV-out on my
> motherboard using the latest Nvidia drivers; I'm using Xine for video
> playback.
>
> If I use the "good" setting instead of "excellent," and turn on
> deinterlacing in Xine, the motion blur goes away, but the sound is
> still out of sync (turning deinterlacing on when playing back an
> "excellent" rip causes blocking and is even more of a problem).  If I
> rip using the "Perfect" setting, there are no problems at all with
> playback.
>
> Is anyone else seeing these problems?  I should note that I have seen
> these same problems on a completely different hardware setup (PVR-350
> TV-out), running the same software.  I have also copied the ripped
> video files over to various other computers running Mac and Windows
> operating systems and they all have the same problem, so I'm fairly
> certain the trouble is in the rip rather than in the playback.
>