--- Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip]
> Impressive? So you are recording in mjpeg I > presume? I assume that > 352 x 480, which is what the Tivo and many others > record at, is not > within the power of this system to record? If you > could play it back you > would have a nifty frontend, though. > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Honestly, I just haven't tried 352x480 so I don't know. I suspect that is beyond its ability to record AND playback but I'll give it a shot and see. I have been using the default MythTV format for bttv cards which I believe is RTJPEG in a modified NUV wrapper. The lowrider box works just great as a server too as I can see the files on the samba network and they play fine on the WinXP machine upstairs. Storage space is a serious issue though. I have only 8GB of storage total of that 2.7 GB for video. That translates into about an hour of RTJPEG at 320x240. Transcoding to MPEG4 is not a serious option as I am not going to wait several days for a 1 hour show to transcode. I am considering swapping lowrider with a Win98 box sitting right next to it that has a 30 GB HD it is not really using all that much space. Well, I have been experimenting quite a bit and haven't really found the limits of its ability to record yet. 256x192 was a bit coarse but I was happy with 320x240. I will try some higher resolution modes. I think 352x480 is half D1 right? It would be awesome if it could do that. To be useful though its got to be able to play it back not just record. Really, I was amazed at how good 320x240 really looks though. I'll give that a shot and see how half D1 works. When I piped in video over the LAN from the main MythTV box 320x240 looked absolutely incredible frame quality but was so choppy as to be useless. I think it would be great if old PCs could be converted into PVRs rather than tossing them in landfills or third world toxic waste dumps. That is such a waste. I regularly see cheap TV tuners for $20 or less. Add one to an old PC + free/open source software and presto cheap PVR! Thanks! Andrew Lynch
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