[mythtv] Poor Video Quality

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 26 November 2002 01:47 am, Greg Finley wrote:
> I've been using mythtv for a few weeks now (GeForce 4MX -> SVideo -> 53"
> Widescreen TV). I've been amazed by the mythtv platform, my only objection
> is I can't seem to get decent video quality. The video output is really
> blocky. I've tried to fix this by fiddling with the internals of
> NuppleVideoRecord.cpp without any luck. Is anyone else use mythtv connected
> to a big tv? What is the quality like? Am I missing something?

Rtjpeg at a quality of 255 should be pretty close, quality wise, to the raw 
video..  mpeg4 at 8000 bps or so is of similar quality.  You can also use 
libavcodec's huffyuv codec and get lossless compression, if your harddrive's 
up to the punishment that entails.

Isaac