I haven't tried transcoding the PVR-150's MPEG2 to MPEG4 yet. But the MPEG2 looks very nice. I'm playing it through the xbox xbmcmythtv frontend on a 43" Samsung DLP. Of course it all depends on the quality of the source. I'm capturing from s-video from a digital cable box. The digital and HD channels look great, the analog channels are not so great.
The quality of the Plextor MPEG4 was also very good. I had the myth box hooked directly into the 43" TV when I was setting it up. It did have some playback issues, but they were probably related to the machine being low end. Since I couldn't get the MPEG4 to playback on the xbox, I decided to just move to the PVR-150 / MPEG2. Around the same time, a friend gave me a better motherboard, proc and ram. The new setup is much better, but it makes comparing it to the old system tough since it is really an entirely new machine. - Abre On 12/28/05, Cymen Vig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/28/05, Abre Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't speak for the PVR-500. But, I just traded out my Plextor for > > a PVR-150. The MPEG4 format was more trouble than it was worth for > > me. I could not get it to play on the xbmcmythtv front end - even > > with the patched mplayer. I also had some performance problems on my > > machine because its fairly low end - just didn't have the horses to do > > MPEG4 very well. > > > > The Plextor had good driver support from the chipmaker (WIS) through > > the DIVX device forums, but all the devices features aren't available > > in MythTV. You're must use MPEG4 although the device can also do > > MPEG2. The Plextor/MythTV integration also did not support changing > > the audio/video bitrates very well. > > > > It seems like there are a lot more people using the PVR150/250/500. > > Because of the popularity, you get more of the card's features built > > in MythTV and better support from the community. > > > > That was my experience in a nutshell. > > How does the Hauppauge MPEG-2 compare to the Plextor MPEG-4? How about > to transcoded Hauppauge MPEG-2 to MPEG-4? I realize quality is always > tricky to describe but what would you say? > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
