On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 16:59 -0800, Rick Lewis wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a happy mythtv user. I ended up using Mandriva > LE2006 as the distro that I run myth on. I have a few > fine tuning questions about the pvr-150. > > My front/backend Specs: > Geforce4 MX 4000 with TVout > 2 PVR-150's > AMD Sempron 3100+ > ivtv 0.4.0 > 32Inch Regular old TV > > When I record shows, or watch directly using 'mplayer > /dev/video0' as a test, I notice some motion > artifacting. I hope I'm using the right term. > Basically, when say there is a closeup on someone and > the move their hand across the screen...it looks > slightly like a strobe effect in movement. Not smooth.
The TV input is interlaced. The PVR150 does not de-interlace. When viewing on a computer monitor, it should be de-interlaced. However, when copying the mpeg file to a dvd, and playing on a TV, it will be perfect again, because the TV expects interlaced video. > Also, on a scene where there is a say a solid color > background like a wall...I notice an almost speckly > effect. > > I'm fairly confused as to what bitrate, > bitmax,resolution bit settings I should be using. > > Since this is consistent inside and outside of the > mythtv interface...can I use the mplayer method > directly and fiddle with ivtvctl? Is this a common > problem? > > I'll include the output from ivtvctl -a if that can > help: > > Thank you. > R > > > ------------------- output of ivtvctl > ----------------- > ivtvctl -a > ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok > Codec parameters > aspect : 2 > audio : 0x00e9 > bframes : 3 > bitrate_mode: 0 > bitrate : 4200000 > bitrate_peak: 6000000 > dnr_mode : 0 > dnr_spatial : 0 > dnr_temporal: 8 > dnr_type : 0 > framerate : 0 > framespergop: 15 > gop_closure : 1 > pulldown : 0 > stream_type : 0 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok > Type : Video Capture > Width : 640 > Height : 480 > ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok > Driver name : ivtv > Card type : WinTV PVR 150 > Bus info : 0000:00:09.0 > Driver version: 1024 > Capabilities : 0x01030011 > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT > Input : 0 > Name : S-Video 0 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 1 > Name : S-Video 1 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 2 > Name : Composite 0 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 3 > Name : Composite 1 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 4 > Name : Composite 2 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 5 > Name : Composite 3 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 6 > Name : Tuner 0 > Type : 0x00000001 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 7 > Name : Tuner 1 > Type : 0x00000001 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC ) > Status : 0 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_INPUT ok > Video input = 6 > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT > ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO > Input : 0 > Name : Tuner Audio In > > Input : 1 > Name : Audio Line 1 > > Input : 2 > Name : Audio Line 2 > > Input : 3 > Name : Audio Line 3 > > Input : 4 > Name : Audio Line 4 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_AUDIO ok > Audio input = 0: Tuner Audio In > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY ok > Frequency = 3092 > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD > index : 0 > ID : 0x0000000000003000 > Name : NTSC > Frame period: 1001/30000 > Frame lines : 525 > > index : 1 > ID : 0x00000000000000FF > Name : PAL > Frame period: 1/25 > Frame lines : 625 > > index : 2 > ID : 0x00000000007F0000 > Name : SECAM > Frame period: 1/25 > Frame lines : 625 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_STD ok > Video standard = 0x00003000 > ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL > Brightness = 127 > Contrast = 63 > Saturation = 63 > Hue = 0 > Volume = 58880 > Mute = 0 > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
