<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 08/29/2011 02:33 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br>
>> I'm definitely not "anyone who's familiar with the driver", but I will<br>
>> say that for other analog encoders (such as the IVTV devices), MythTV<br>
>> always sets the contrast, brightness, color (or colour, as the case may<br>
>> be), and hue according to the values you specified--which all start at<br>
>> default values.<br>
>><br>
>> You can change the default values by using G in Live TV playback to set<br>
>> the capture card picture controls. Note that this will not work on a<br>
>> digital capture device (DVB/ATSC/QAM/Firewire/...) because those aren't<br>
>> actually recording the video, but just writing the provided recorded<br>
>> video stream.<br>
>><br>
>> Using G to set the capture card picture controls differs from using F to<br>
>> set the playback picture controls. F is used in Live TV or recording<br>
>> playback to change the contrast, brightness, color, and hue at<br>
>> playback--and affects playback of all recordings and videos, regardless<br>
>> of channel and capture device. Note, also, there's a per-channel<br>
>> picture control available, in which you can specify contrast,<br>
>> brightness, color, and hue for individual channels using the<br>
>> mythtv-setup or MythWeb channel editor. You also don't want<br>
>> this--especially if you have, for example, an IVTV card recording from<br>
>> the same channel.<br>
>><br>
>> I don't know if this applied to HD-PVR, but before you go and set up a<br>
>> hack, try G--and then tell all the others who are using the hacks if it<br>
>> works properly for the HD-PVR. :)<br>
>><br>
> Mike, thanks for that, I will try it tonight. Are the settings accessed by<br>
> G saved in the database, or do they just apply to the current mythbackend<br>
> session?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Saved in the database to apply to the capture card. So, you'll have to<br>
do it for each HD-PVR (and only hit G when you're watching Live TV<br>
/from/ the HD-PVR).</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Understood, that's exactly what I want. </div></div>