[mythtv-users] How to improve capture quality

[John Drescher]

On 10/22/07, Jay Mallar <jaymallar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  My machine:
>
>  Intel Quad Core (Q6600)
>  Asus P5N32-Plus MB
>  EVGA GeForce 6200-LE
>  Hauppauge PVR-250
>
>  My video card is connected to my monitor via the VGA port and to my TV.
> The TV connection is S-video out to an RF Modulator to my TV's cable input.
>
>  The quality of video captured via the PVR-250 isn't what I'd hoped for.  I
> thought at first that the video card or the connection to my TV had been the
> problem, but that isn't the case.  I've watched DVDs and AVIs on the machine
> via the same video connection to my TV and the images are sharp and clean.
>
I have found that you will get the best picture at 720x480 resolution
and on one of my tuners I verified that any resolution other than that
had distortion and lines through the image. I did this testing with
ivtv directly read from mplayer.

See here:

http://mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2007-October/198821.html

John