[mythtv-users] Downscaling HD Content on 480i

[Brian Steele]

On 7/2/07, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
>
> I think the easier answer is to continue doing what I'm doing right now: for
> any show I want that's in HD, I also do a second recording in SD. All the HD
> content I have available are the local OTA channels. All of their content is
> duplicated on a second SD channel.
>
> I just thought that with enough CPU horsepower Myth should be able to do this
> scaling on the fly thus allowing me to record only one show.

I think your problem might be using the PVR-350 for output.  I was
able to do exactly what you are trying to do without any transcoding
or separate recording using a Nvidia 5200 s-video output.

Are you getting any errors from mythfrontend when you are seeing the
blue screen?