[mythtv-users] Recording/live-tv video quality (aka do PVR150 encoders suck?)

Robin Gilks g8ecj at gilks.org
Tue Jan 29 21:48:44 UTC 2008


>
> I might fool with the IVTV controls a little but I suspect there will be
> little improvement.
>
> I looked at the spec's on the ATI cards and the PVRxxx cards are toys in
> comparison. And the ATI cards are not that expensive. I did not see your
> review but just looking at the doc's the ATI cards should look much
> better.
> I had no idea the Hauppage stuff was so weak. I'm surprised that myth
> users
> would be so accepting of the quality but I suppose many are more motivated
> by the convergence aspect rather than being "videophiles". I'm definitely
> more "videophile" than "Linux jock" for sure ;-)
>

Have a look at how your distro configures the ivtv card - the following
*should* all be on one line but the mailer may wrap it!!

v4l2-ctl
--get-ctrl=spatial_filter_mode,temporal_filter_mode,spatial_filter,temporal_filter,video_bitrate_mode,video_bitrate,video_peak_bitrate,video_temporal_decimation

Mine results in:

spatial_filter_mode: 0
temporal_filter_mode: 0
spatial_filter: 0
temporal_filter: 8
video_bitrate_mode: 0
video_bitrate: 2800000
video_peak_bitrate: 4200000
video_temporal_decimation: 0

I'm sure others can post their info for comparison.

-- 
Robin Gilks




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