[mythtv-users] Poor PVR-150 Composite Video Capture

[John Drescher]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Mache Creeger<mache at creeger.com> wrote:
> I split the analog SD composite video and audio output with from my Comcast
> Motorola SD STB four ways with a distribution amplifier. The SD composite
> video viewed directly on the SD TV is great, but pretty poor when viewed on
> myth via my WinTV PVR-150.
>
> Video from the same cable feed via the PVR-150's analog tuner is excellent.
> Given that I have swapped the PVR-150's composite video cable and switched
> composite video ports on the distribution amplifier and determined that
> neither is the problem, I believe this is a software issue. What suggestions
> do any of you have to fix this problem.
>
> I am running Fedora 10, myth 0.21.212
>
> # uname -r
> 2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10.i686
> # rpm -qa | grep ivtv
> ivtv-firmware-20080701-18.noarch
> ivtv-utils-1.3.0-1.fc10.i386
> # rpm -qa | grep mythtv-backend
> mythtv-backend-0.21-212.fc10.i386
>

Are you capturing at 720x480? The default of 480x480 will look like crap.

John