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Pvr-150 picture quality guide

2009-02-12T19:31:14Z

Itsik:

== PVR-150 PICTURE QUALITY GUIDE ==

The PVR-150 is one of the most common devices used to capture live analog TV broadcast.
After weeks of searching the internet and trying various settings I have finally got to a point where picture quality is almost identical to the picture you get watching your set top box connected directly to you TV.

The first thing you need to take into account is that the picture quality is vary much dependent on the type of connection you are using on the card. I received the best results using the S-VIDEO connection, how ever it is a good idea to experiment with the various connections because in different countries there are different broadcast formats and you might find that using a different connection works better for you.

====Next, launch MythTV, got to the '''Utilities/Setup --> Setup -->Playback'''.====

*On the first screen you'll see several options:
*Deselect the '''Deinterlace''' option.
*for '''Preferred Decoder''' choose '''libmpeg2'''
*Select '''Enable OpenGL'''.

After that keep clicking "next until you get to the last screen and click "finish". Failing to do so will leave your settings unsaved.

These settings should stop the OSD from tearing, how ever, at the time of writing this these settings do not survive a router reload.

The next step is vary important as it is dealing with the picture quality and is the reason for writing this tutorial.

====Still in the setup menu go to '''Recording Profiles --> Mpeg2 Encoders --> Default'''.====

The reason to use the default profile rather then the high quality one is that they are basically all the same until you change them.
I always use the default one because I always want to get the best picture quality I can.

On the second screen - '''picture size''' choose at least '''720X480'''.

depending on your country, using a larger resolution might give you better quality so try it.

*On the next screen:
*For '''Stream Type''' use '''DVD-Special 2'''.
*Set the regular bitrate to '''8000'''
*Set the max bitrate to '''12000''', which the highest bitrate the card can handle.

Once again, go thru all screens until you get to the last one and click finish.

You should now have a pretty good picture quality which is pretty close to direct TV picture quality (at least on my system).

Pvr-150 picture quality guide

2009-02-12T19:28:42Z

Itsik:

== PVR-150 PICTURE QUALITY GUIDE ==

The PVR-150 is one of the most common devices used to capture live analog TV broadcast.
After weeks of searching the internet and trying various settings I have finally got to a point where picture quality is almost identical to the picture you get watching your set top box connected directly to you TV.

The first thing you need to take into account is that the picture quality is vary much dependent on the type of connection you are using on the card. I received the best results using the S-VIDEO connection, how ever it is a good idea to experiment with the various connections because in different countries there are different broadcast formats and you might find that using a different connection works better for you.

====Next, launch MythTV, got to the '''Utilities/Setup --> Setup -->Playback'''.====

*On the first screen you'll see several options:
*Deselect the '''Deinterlace''' option.
*for '''Preferred Decoder''' choose '''libmpeg2'''
*Select '''Enable OpenGL'''.

After that keep clicking "next until you get to the last screen and click "finish". Failing to do so will leave your settings unsaved.

These settings should stop the OSD from tearing, how ever, at the time of writing this these settings do not survive a router reload.

The next step is vary important as it is dealing with the picture quality and is the reason for writing this tutorial.

====Still in the setup menu go to '''Recording Profiles --> Mpeg2 Encoders --> Default'''.====

The reason to use the default profile rather then the high quality one is that they are basically all the same until you change them.
I always use the default one because I always want to get the best picture quality I can.

On the second screen - '''picture size''' choose at least '''720X480'''.

depending on your country, using a larger resolution might give you better quality so try it.

*On the next screen:
*For '''Stream Type''' use '''DVD-Special 2'''.
*Set the regular bitrate to '''8000'''
*Set the max bitrate to '''12000''', which the highest bitrate the card can handle.

Once again, go thru all screens untill you get to the last one and click finish.

You should now have a pretty good picture quality which pretty close to direct TV picture quality (at least on my system).

Pvr-150 picture quality guide

2009-02-12T19:27:57Z

Itsik:

== PVR-150 PICTURE QUALITY GUIDE ==

The PVR-150 is one of the most common devices used to capture live analog TV broadcast.
After weeks of searching the internet and trying various settings I have finally got to a point where picture quality is almost identical to the picture you get watching your set top box connected directly to you TV.

The first thing you need to take into account is that the picture quality is vary much dependent on the type of connection you are using on the card. I received the best results using the S-VIDEO connection, how ever it is a good idea to experiment with the various connections because in different countries the are different broadcast formats and you might find that using a different connection works better for you.

====Next, launch MythTV, got to the '''Utilities/Setup --> Setup -->Playback'''.====

*On the first screen you'll see several options:
*Deselect the '''Deinterlace''' option.
*for '''Preferred Decoder''' choose '''libmpeg2'''
*Select '''Enable OpenGL'''.

After that keep clicking "next until you get to the last screen and click "finish". Failing to do so will leave your settings unsaved.

These settings should stop the OSD from tearing, how ever, at the time of writing this these settings do not survive a router reload.

The next step is vary important as it is dealing with the picture quality and is the reason for writing this tutorial.

====Still in the setup menu go to '''Recording Profiles --> Mpeg2 Encoders --> Default'''.====

The reason to use the default profile rather then the high quality one is that they are basically all the same until you change them.
I always use the default one because I always want to get the best picture quality I can.

On the second screen - '''picture size''' choose at least '''720X480'''.

depending on your country, using a larger resolution might give you better quality so try it.

*On the next screen:
*For '''Stream Type''' use '''DVD-Special 2'''.
*Set the regular bitrate to '''8000'''
*Set the max bitrate to '''12000''', which the highest bitrate the card can handle.

Once again, go thru all screens untill you get to the last one and click finish.

You should now have a pretty good picture quality which pretty close to direct TV picture quality (at least on my system).

User:Itsik

2009-02-12T19:20:47Z

Itsik: User:Itsik moved to Pvr-150 picture quality guide

#REDIRECT [[Pvr-150 picture quality guide]]

Pvr-150 picture quality guide

2009-02-12T19:20:47Z

Itsik: User:Itsik moved to Pvr-150 picture quality guide

== PVR-150 PICTURE QUALITY GUIDE ==

The PVR-150 is one of the most common devices used to capture live analog TV broadcast.
After weeks of searching the internet and trying various settings I have finally got to a point where picture quality is almost identical to the picture you watching your set top box connected directly to you TV.

The first thing you need to take into account is that the picture quality is vary much dependent on the type of connection you are using on the card. I received the best results using the S-VIDEO connection, how ever it is a good idea to experiment with the various connections because in different countries the are different broadcast formats and you might find that using a different connection works better for you.

====Next, launch MythTV, got to the '''Utilities/Setup --> Setup -->Playback'''.====

*On the first screen you'll see several options:
*Deselect the '''Deinterlace''' option.
*for '''Preferred Decoder''' choose '''libmpeg2'''
*Select '''Enable OpenGL'''.

After that keep clicking "next until you get to the last screen and click "finish". Failing to do so will leave your settings unsaved.

These settings should stop the OSD from tearing, how ever, at the time of writing this these settings do not survive a router reload.

The next step is vary important as it is dealing with the picture quality and is the reason for writing this tutorial.

====Still in the setup menu go to '''Recording Profiles --> Mpeg2 Encoders --> Default'''.====

The reason to use the default profile rather then the high quality one is that they are basically all the same until you change them.
I always use the default one because I always want to get the best picture quality I can.

On the second screen - '''picture size''' choose at least '''720X480'''.

depending on your country, using a larger resolution might give you better quality so try it.

*On the next screen:
*For '''Stream Type''' use '''DVD-Special 2'''.
*Set the regular bitrate to '''8000'''
*Set the max bitrate to '''12000''', which the highest bitrate the card can handle.

Once again, go thru all screens untill you get to the last one and click finish.

You should now have a pretty good picture quality which pretty close to direct TV picture quality (at least on my system).

Pvr-150 picture quality guide

2009-02-12T19:19:15Z

Itsik:

== PVR-150 PICTURE QUALITY GUIDE ==

The PVR-150 is one of the most common devices used to capture live analog TV broadcast.
After weeks of searching the internet and trying various settings I have finally got to a point where picture quality is almost identical to the picture you watching your set top box connected directly to you TV.

The first thing you need to take into account is that the picture quality is vary much dependent on the type of connection you are using on the card. I received the best results using the S-VIDEO connection, how ever it is a good idea to experiment with the various connections because in different countries the are different broadcast formats and you might find that using a different connection works better for you.

====Next, launch MythTV, got to the '''Utilities/Setup --> Setup -->Playback'''.====

*On the first screen you'll see several options:
*Deselect the '''Deinterlace''' option.
*for '''Preferred Decoder''' choose '''libmpeg2'''
*Select '''Enable OpenGL'''.

After that keep clicking "next until you get to the last screen and click "finish". Failing to do so will leave your settings unsaved.

These settings should stop the OSD from tearing, how ever, at the time of writing this these settings do not survive a router reload.

The next step is vary important as it is dealing with the picture quality and is the reason for writing this tutorial.

====Still in the setup menu go to '''Recording Profiles --> Mpeg2 Encoders --> Default'''.====

The reason to use the default profile rather then the high quality one is that they are basically all the same until you change them.
I always use the default one because I always want to get the best picture quality I can.

On the second screen - '''picture size''' choose at least '''720X480'''.

depending on your country, using a larger resolution might give you better quality so try it.

*On the next screen:
*For '''Stream Type''' use '''DVD-Special 2'''.
*Set the regular bitrate to '''8000'''
*Set the max bitrate to '''12000''', which the highest bitrate the card can handle.

Once again, go thru all screens untill you get to the last one and click finish.

You should now have a pretty good picture quality which pretty close to direct TV picture quality (at least on my system).

Pvr-150 picture quality guide

2009-02-12T19:07:15Z

Itsik: Improving the PVR-150 Picture quality

== PVR-150 PICTURE QUALITY GUIDE ==

The PVR-150 is one of the most common devices used to capture live analog TV broadcast.
After weeks of searching the internet and trying various settings I have finally got to a point where picture quality is almost identical to the picture you watching your set top box connected directly to you TV.

The first thing you need to take into account is that the picture quality is vary much dependent on the type of connection you are using on the card. I received the best results using the S-VIDEO connection, how ever it is a good idea to experiment with the various connections because in different countries the are different broadcast formats and you might find that using a different connection works better for you.

Next, launch MythTV, got to the '''Utilities/Setup --> Setup -->Playback'''.

On the first screen you'll see several options:
Deselect the '''Deinterlace''' option.
for '''Preferred Decoder''' choose '''libmpeg2'''
Select '''Enable OpenGL'''.

After that keep clicking "next until you get to the last screen and click "finish". Failing to do so will leave your settings unsaved.

These settings should stop the OSD from tearing, how ever, at the time of writing this these settings do not survive a router reload and I could not find a solution for that yet.

The next step is vary important as it is dealing with the picture quality and is the reason for writing this tutorial.
Still in the setup menu go to '''Recording Profiles --> Mpeg2 Encoders --> Default'''.

The reason to use the default profile rather then the high quality one is that they are basically all the same until you change them, and I always use the default one because I always want to get the best picture quality I can.

On the second screen - '''picture size''' choose at least '''720X480'''.

depending on your country, using a larger resolution might give you better quality so try it.

On the next screen:
For '''Stream Type''' use '''DVD-Special 2'''.
Set the regular bitrate to '''8000'''
Set the max bitrate to '''12000''', which the highest bitrate the card can handle.

Once again, go thru all screens untill you get to the last one and click finish.

You should now have a pretty good picture quality which pretty close to direct TV picture quality (at least on my system).

Adding Xine subtitle fonts

2008-04-24T18:37:58Z

Itsik:

== Adding Xine subtitle fonts. ==

If your subtitles are unreadable, chances are you are missing some fonts in your xine-fonts directory. In LMCE, due to the fact that xine is embedded inside LMCE, you need to add the fonts to a differant directory then usuall.

Here's how you do it

'''*''' Note that the fonts you add need to be "xine-fonts". A little googeling will tell you exactly what they are and how to get them...

'''For the regular xine player''' in the KDE-Desktop, put the fonts in: /usr/share/xine/libxine1/fonts Then under options change the font name to the one you just installed and don't forget to set the correct encoding.

'''For LMCE embedded xine''' put the fonts in: /opt/libxine/share/xine/libxine1/fonts

Then edit /etc/pluto/xine.conf as follows:

¨#subtitles.separate.font:sans¨ change to:
¨subtitles.separate.font:<name of the installed font>¨

¨#subtitles.separate.src_encoding:iso-8859-1¨ change to:
¨subtitles.separate.src_encoding:<the correct encoding>¨

'''*''' Note that I uncommented the lines to make them active

Adding Xine subtitle fonts

2008-04-24T18:36:13Z

Itsik: Adding Xine subtitle fonts.

== Adding Xine subtitle fonts.
==

If your subtitles are unreadable, chances are you are missing some fonts in your xine-fonts directory. In LMCE, due to the fact that xine is embedded inside LMCE, you need to add the fonts to a differant directory then usuall.

Here's how you do it

'''*''' Note that the fonts you add need to be "xine-fonts". A little googeling will tell you exactly what they are and how to get them...

'''For the regular xine player''' in the KDE-Desktop, put the fonts in: /usr/share/xine/libxine1/fonts Then under options change the font name to the one you just installed and don't forget to set the correct encoding.

F'''or LMCE embedded xine''' put the fonts in: /opt/libxine/share/xine/libxine1/fonts

Then edit /etc/pluto/xine.conf as follows:

¨#subtitles.separate.font:sans¨ change to: ¨subtitles.separate.font:<name of the installed font>¨

¨#subtitles.separate.src_encoding:iso-8859-1¨ change to: ¨subtitles.separate.src_encoding:<the correct encoding>¨

'''*''' Note that I uncommented the lines to make them active