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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1022559" data-attributes="member: 82144">6 foot! Well, it is no wonder the whites aren't as bright - they've been attenuated in the cable. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Have a look here and see if adjusting these parameters helps:<a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/5_Scan_Analog#Video_Parameters" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/5_Scan_Analog#Video_Parameters</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes, the aspect ratio is captured in the recording.I can only repeat what I said before regarding the options that you have for investigating/correcting.What is the situation now, and what have you tried?Fixing this requires methodical checking of the signal at each stage from the cable box itself to the software.&nbsp;No, I don't think so. A read of wikipedia suggests s-video can carry 16:9.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Personally I wouldn't spend the money. It only supports the same input types you have at present - RF, composite and s-video. Therefore although it has hardware encoder chips, I think the quality improvement you'd get would be minimal to non-existent.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You are right. The packages in which software encoders are bundled often change, are expensive, bloated, complex...Unfortunately software encoder vendors have little interest in providing reasonably priced solutions for TV tuners. The preferred solution should always be to use a card with hardware encoding, and if that is not possible then to use the encoders bundled with the card software (for example, Hauppauge have the SoftPVR/SoftMCE package). Using third party software encoders is a last resort - not something I recommend. Don't forget we don't provide support for software encoding cards... and this is precisely the reason for that.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1022559, member: 82144"] 6 foot! Well, it is no wonder the whites aren't as bright - they've been attenuated in the cable. ;) Have a look here and see if adjusting these parameters helps: [url]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/02_TV_Servers/5_Scan_Analog#Video_Parameters[/url] Yes, the aspect ratio is captured in the recording. I can only repeat what I said before regarding the options that you have for investigating/correcting. What is the situation now, and what have you tried? Fixing this requires methodical checking of the signal at each stage from the cable box itself to the software. No, I don't think so. A read of wikipedia suggests s-video can carry 16:9. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video[/url] Personally I wouldn't spend the money. It only supports the same input types you have at present - RF, composite and s-video. Therefore although it has hardware encoder chips, I think the quality improvement you'd get would be minimal to non-existent. You are right. The packages in which software encoders are bundled often change, are expensive, bloated, complex... Unfortunately software encoder vendors have little interest in providing reasonably priced solutions for TV tuners. The preferred solution should always be to use a card with hardware encoding, and if that is not possible then to use the encoders bundled with the card software (for example, Hauppauge have the SoftPVR/SoftMCE package). Using third party software encoders is a last resort - not something I recommend. Don't forget we don't provide support for software encoding cards... and this is precisely the reason for that. mm [/QUOTE]

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