[mythtv-users] New IVTV Changes

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/22/07, Jeff volckaert <jvolckaert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, certainly on my system, which is running a PVR-150, MythTV properly
> > sets the capture size and enables VBI-CC correctly.
> > Brett.
>
> Adding the following...
>
> /usr/bin/v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=spatial_filter=4
> /usr/bin/v4l2-ctl --set-ctrl=temporal_filter=4
>
> ..to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local has greatly increased the smoothness of my
> picture.  I did some comparisons last night with new and old Daily
> Show recordings an the improvements are very noticeable.  The old
> shows are sort of blocky when viewed very close.  The now shows are
> smooth.  I'm sure I've been running without the filters for at least a
> month or two.  Something seemed off with the picture quality and I
> couldn't exactly tell what.
>
> FWIW, I record at 720x480 with a 2.5M bitrate.  This way I can burn a
> show to DVD with transcoding if I want to save it.

do these filters affect the svideo input or just the tuners? you've
got me intrigued.


-- 
Steve
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