--- Nathan Lutchansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 11:23:28AM -0700, Jason H > wrote: > > The video goes off the screen at 1024x768, so I > only > > get 1/4 of the picture (this I can chalk up to not > > really an encoder issue) > > Yeah, this is a playback issue, right? Since the > ConvertX doesn't > capture at 1024x768... Figured :-) > > but the video I get is > > extremely blocky and absolutely horrid. You can > barely > > tell the channel that it is on. It is like it is > using > > the absolute minimum bits. > > The bitrate control slider doesn't work? What do > you have it set to? Have > you changed the bitrate for all of the profiles in > the "USB Mpeg-4 > Encoder" group in the Recording Profiles menu? The slider slides, I have it maxxed out, but no change to the TV quality. I am only changing the TV one because that is the only one that I am diagnosing right now. > > Also, the encoders don't > > seem to work from boot. I need to unplug and > replug > > them in. > > Probably a hotplug problem... Are there messages in > your /var/log/syslog > on startup that indicate a problem loading the > driver or firmware or > anything? I haven't played with Knoppmyth so I > can't vouch for it being > configured correctly. I will check tonight. I did notice "unable to load firmware" (or to that effect) messages SOMETIMEs. I think in the archives there is a post with instructions on how to manually load the firm ware... I'll give that a try too. > > Yes, I said them (I have 2) but i gave up on > > gettng both to work, so I am only workign with one > > right now. > > We have four running simultaneously in the lab right > now. What problems > are you running into? Well, none specifically, I just fell back to one incase that was an issue. > > I can't figure out how to get them to MPEG2, they > seem > > locked on MPEG4, > > MythTV only supports MPEG4 capture on the ConvertX. Makes sense. I'm not really interested in MPEG2 anyway, except for troubleshooting :-) Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
