[mythtv-users] Playback Profiles? WTF?!
Glen Hawksworth
glenhawk at optusnet.com.au
Sun Mar 16 11:48:18 UTC 2008
OK, a bit of an over-reaction but they are very confusing.
I have a frontend PC that worked just well enough to view all media from
the backend/server (Live TV, recorded TV, downloaded video, music, etc.)
with only the occasional lag during HDTV.
Since the update to 0.21 I have had irregular performance which I have
found to be mainly due to the Playback Profile settings. Some HDTV plays
fine but with a greyscale OSD and other HDTV has colour OSD but lags
terribly. I have also noticed that the frontend seems to be running a
little hotter than usual.
My Questions
* Is there a way to emulate the default settings from the previous
version of MythTV? What are the best settings for a slower PC?
* Does anyone have a strategy for finding the best settings using
the playback profiles? A methodical approach that is a little
more scientific than trial and error would be appreciated (I
don't mind doing some background reading if I only knew what to
look for)
* How do you find out the resolution of different TV broadcasts?
How do you know which settings will be used for a given TV show?
(this is a source of great frustration becasue I try changing
some settings and then don't know which recordings to watch to
view the results)
* Do the playback profiles only affect Live and Recorded TV? Does
it affect the playback of other Video media?
* Can anyone help me? ;-)
As long as the Video playback is reliable I will be happy. I plan to
eventually build a new higher spec frontend for the main TV and retire
this one to the spare room.
Overall I think playback profiles will be a good thing because I will be
able to optimise the settings for different types of video but at the
moment I am in over my head!!
Thanks in advance,
Glen
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