[mythtv-users] Ivtv recorded MPEG-2 Quality

Jos Hoekstra joshoekstra at gmx.net
Wed Sep 10 12:53:52 UTC 2008


Mark Wormgoor schreef op 10-9-2008 13:27:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently got a Buffalo Linktheater to replace my bulky frontend. When
> I first connected it, it could not play any of my recordings. I've had
> to transcode all of them using the lossless MPEG-2 transcode first,
> before I could play them. It also helps if I simply copy them using
> mencoder (mencode recording.mpg -oac copy -ovc copy -of mpeg -o
> recording2.mpg). Both methods fix the mpeg and will allow the
> Linktheater to play the recording. I've been having the exact same
> problems when trying to play recordings in Windows Media Player, but had
> always attributed that to MS :)
> 
> Now, my recordings are working, as I've setup the automatic transcode.
> However, this is far from ideal. I have to wait until the recording is
> finished, commercials are flagged and the transcode has taken place
> beforeI can watch the recording.
> 
> The problem occurs on both my Hauppauge PVR-150 and PVR-250. I'm running
> CentOS 5 with the ATrpms MythTV rpms (currently @ 0.21-fixes svn17961).
> I'm also using ATrpms' latest ivtv module (ivtv-kmdl 0.10.6-132 on
> kernel 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5).
> SNIP
> 
> Does anyone have a clue what's causing this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark Wormgoor

As far as I know you can use a couple of different profiles, like 
MPEG2-PS, TS and DVD, and that's where your Linktheater probably fails. 
Which setting you should have for it I don't exactly know, but that's 
where you need to be for correcting the setting.

Regards,

Jos Hoekstra


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