New User - Compressing & Codec related question..... (1 Viewer)

[Dogan79]

Area: Media Portal Program
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.0.0 RC4 (2006-04-18)
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: Windows XP (SP2)
.NET CLR Version: 2.0.50727
DirectX Version: 4.09.00.0904 (9.0c)
Audio Codec: Ulead MPEG Audio Decoder
Video Codec: DScaler Mpeg2 Video Decoder
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Memory: 512 MB
Motherboard: Kelut (ASUSTek Computer INC.)
TV Card Model: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150
TV Card Type: Hardware
TV Card Driver: -
Video Card Model: Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 (microsoft Corporation) (256 MB)
Video Card Driver: -
Video Card Resolution: 1280x1024
Video Render Type: -
Audio Card Model: Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Audio Card Driver: -
Synopsis::

Hi everyone,

I am just new to the forums and I read all the stuff about compressing files but I still can't compress to XviD. I have the Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder also but still no luck. Any help would be appreciated.

I also wanted to see what Video & Audio Codec should I be using, does it matter ? I have couple of choices in my settings but I am not quite sure which one I should go with.

And one last question would be about TV channels, after the scanning, it found the channels I receive through my cable provider but I have a little problem. If I put channel 14 with my remote, it doesn't go to Channel 14 but it rather goes to the 14th channel it found during scanning. I hope it makes sense.

Thanks in advance,

 

[FlipGer]

Hi,

1) Here someone else has zu jump in, I do not use this feature.

2) The codec has influence on your playback. So you may try others, if you want a different / better picture quality or if you have problems like stuttering or out of synch. Personally I get good results with MPEG2Dec.

3) Thats the "unlogical channel numbering" problem.
Configure->Television->Channels (uhmm guessing here) index blabla checkbox (non-US) uncheck :?

HTH, Flip.

 

[Jetboy]

This is a bit confusing, but there are two different Elecard MPEG2 decoders avaliable, only one of them works to compress to XviD. I haven't got around to trying the right one myself so I can't confirm that it works, but have a look at this thread.