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<blockquote data-quote="Wonderm00n" data-source="post: 181676" data-attributes="member: 56445"><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: </p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 0.2.3.0 RC2</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: Blue Two Wide</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Win XP Pro SP2 + All updates</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel P4 3.0 SKT478</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 80Gb IDE + 120Gb SATA</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2048Mb DDR400</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Asus P4-P800-E Deluxe</p><p><strong>Motherboard Chipset</strong>: Intel</p><p><strong>Motherboard Bios</strong>: </p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT 512Mb</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: 6.14.11.6218</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Realtek onBoard</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: optical out</p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: 5.10.0.5440</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Hauppauge Win-TV-PVR-500</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: Analog</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: 2.0.48.25037</p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: MPV Decoder Filter</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: MPA Decoder Filter</p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: TV Cabo Portugal (Analog cable)</p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: 3RSYSTEM MSTATION HT-1100</p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: Eurotech 400Wt</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: iMON PAD</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: LCD 37'' LG LZ37 RZ55</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: Sub-D</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I've just installed my MediaPortal based HTPC (as you can see here: <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/my_new_htpc_some_questions-t27966.html)" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/my_new_htpc_some_questions-t27966.html)</a>, and I'm kind of a newby on this stuff... So please, be gentle <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>I gotta be honest... When I first saw the TV quality on MediaPortal I thought I was going to die, after all the investment I made on hardware (for both the HTPC and the PC where the harware for the HTPC came from), and the image quality was crappy! Not comparable AT ALL with the quality I have when directly connecting the cable to the TV.</p><p></p><p>I read a bit about postprocessing with ffdshow and finally got to a quality level I'm quite happy with.</p><p></p><p>First of all let me list the ffdshow configurations, in the correct order (all non-listed configurations are default):</p><p>- Picture properties: contrast 147, brightness -20, Saturation 68</p><p>- Blur & NR: all de-activated except denoise3d and HQ: luma 0.54, chroma 0.54, time 5.00- Sharpen: msharpen high quality, Strength 60, Threshold 25</p><p>- Crop: Top 8, Left 24, Bottom 8, Right 8 (This was the only way of getting of "black" around the picture that was seen in ALL channels)</p><p>- Resize: New Size 1360x768 (my resolution), if < 1360x768, Keep original aspect ratio</p><p></p><p>I really didn't wanted to de-activate the resize because it's making a big difference, but two things happen when it's activated:</p><p></p><p>- The image is not filling up all screen height, as you can see here: <a href="http://wonderm00n.blog.com.pt/_temp/20070915_tv_ffdshow.jpg" target="_blank">http://wonderm00n.blog.com.pt/_temp/20070915_tv_ffdshow.jpg</a></p><p>- The image stutters (maybe because of CPU consumption?)</p><p></p><p>The CPU is always on 50 to 65% when TV is playing.</p><p></p><p>Anyone can point me out a solution to this two problems, and if possible maintain most of the ffdshow settings (or other settings that will give me the same result)?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance,</p><p>Marco Almeida</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wonderm00n, post: 181676, member: 56445"] [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.3.0 RC2 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: Blue Two Wide [b]Windows Version[/b]: Win XP Pro SP2 + All updates [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel P4 3.0 SKT478 [b]HDD[/b]: 80Gb IDE + 120Gb SATA [b]Memory[/b]: 2048Mb DDR400 [b]Motherboard[/b]: Asus P4-P800-E Deluxe [b]Motherboard Chipset[/b]: Intel [b]Motherboard Bios[/b]: [b]Video Card[/b]: NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT 512Mb [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 6.14.11.6218 [b]Sound Card[/b]: Realtek onBoard [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: optical out [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: 5.10.0.5440 [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Hauppauge Win-TV-PVR-500 [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: Analog [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: 2.0.48.25037 [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: MPV Decoder Filter [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: MPA Decoder Filter [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: TV Cabo Portugal (Analog cable) [b]HTPC Case[/b]: 3RSYSTEM MSTATION HT-1100 [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: Eurotech 400Wt [b]Remote[/b]: iMON PAD [b]TV[/b]: LCD 37'' LG LZ37 RZ55 [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: Sub-D Hi there, I've just installed my MediaPortal based HTPC (as you can see here: [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/my_new_htpc_some_questions-t27966.html)[/url], and I'm kind of a newby on this stuff... So please, be gentle :P I gotta be honest... When I first saw the TV quality on MediaPortal I thought I was going to die, after all the investment I made on hardware (for both the HTPC and the PC where the harware for the HTPC came from), and the image quality was crappy! Not comparable AT ALL with the quality I have when directly connecting the cable to the TV. I read a bit about postprocessing with ffdshow and finally got to a quality level I'm quite happy with. First of all let me list the ffdshow configurations, in the correct order (all non-listed configurations are default): - Picture properties: contrast 147, brightness -20, Saturation 68 - Blur & NR: all de-activated except denoise3d and HQ: luma 0.54, chroma 0.54, time 5.00- Sharpen: msharpen high quality, Strength 60, Threshold 25 - Crop: Top 8, Left 24, Bottom 8, Right 8 (This was the only way of getting of "black" around the picture that was seen in ALL channels) - Resize: New Size 1360x768 (my resolution), if < 1360x768, Keep original aspect ratio I really didn't wanted to de-activate the resize because it's making a big difference, but two things happen when it's activated: - The image is not filling up all screen height, as you can see here: [url]http://wonderm00n.blog.com.pt/_temp/20070915_tv_ffdshow.jpg[/url] - The image stutters (maybe because of CPU consumption?) The CPU is always on 50 to 65% when TV is playing. Anyone can point me out a solution to this two problems, and if possible maintain most of the ffdshow settings (or other settings that will give me the same result)? Thanks in advance, Marco Almeida [/QUOTE]
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