[mythtv-users] Analog tuner picture grainy

[George Nassas]

On 6-Apr-09, at 4:59 PM, Steve V wrote:

> I read up some more and I found that increasing the resolution from  
> 480 x 576 (PAL) to 720 x 576 can improve the picture. I tried that  
> last night and it did improve it but not quite to where i would  
> expect the composite input to be.

When you double the number of pixels you should also increase the  
encoder's bitrate otherwise it's more stuff at half the quality. The  
page at http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/tutorial/bitrate.html can  
help you get a feel for what might be appropriate.

- George
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