[mythtv-users] quality question.. ways to make it better?

[Garry]

Craig Tinson wrote:

> hey guys.. have a general question regarding quality..
>
> my current setup is a Athlon 1800XP / 120Gb / 512Mb / AverTV Studio 
> for the backend
>
> an Athlon 1.4Ghz / 120gb / 512Mb / Radeon 9200 SE for the front end.. 
> the composite out goes through to a composite-scart converter which is 
> plugged into the TV.
>
> I'm in the UK and have NTL Cable.. so I have a coax arial cable from 
> the output of the cable box running to the arial cable on the TV card 
> in the backend..
>
> I've set the recording profile for LiveTV to mpeg4 and set it to 
> pretty much maximum quality.. but its still quite "bitty" (not a lot.. 
> but you can see it).. and the colors just seem really dull.. it seems 
> to lose the vibrant quality from the original..
>
> Is there anything fundamentally wrong with this setup? is there 
> anything I can do to make it better without shedding out tons of cash?
>
> Also.. am using the latest CVS version..
>
> [root at mythtv1 root]# rpm -qa | grep mythtv-backend
> mythtv-backend-0.15-69cvs.rhfc1.at
> [root at mythtv1 root]# rpm -qa | grep mythtv-frontend
> mythtv-frontend-0.15-69cvs.rhfc1.at
>
> I've tried pressing "G" and adjusting color/hue/brightness etc.. but 
> that doesn't seem to do very much..
>
> Setup was from Jarods guide and am up to date I think with everything 
> else.. (apt-get dist-upgrade says I am anyways)
>
> Thanks for any ideas..
>
> Craig
>

Glad it't not just me. I too live in the uk, and use an RF feed from the 
back of a Sky Digital box, via the arial socket on my PVR-250. TV out is 
via the Pundits' onboard SiS/

Weird thing is... watching recordings is fine, not far off  watching 
normal TV. And, burning to DVD results in a picture that looks as good 
as normal TV (audio goes out of sync, but that's another thread :-) 
)But, watching liveTV via myth is well, slightly less than perfect. You 
can tell it's not 'real' tv. The motion seems to stutter. Maybe stutter 
is too strong a word.. it just doesn't seem to flow properly. And the 
colours are a bit washed out too.

I have the liveTV profile set with the bitrates up to the max, with a 
low resolution.. (300 x 500 ish- can't remember the exact numbers)

-Garry