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<blockquote data-quote="kronwerk" data-source="post: 255399" data-attributes="member: 72532"><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: </p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 0.2.3.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: default</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: WinXP SP2</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 3200 MHz</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: [3 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 Gb] @ Intel Matrix RAID 5</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2048 MB PC2-8500</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Asus Maximus Formula SE</p><p><strong>Motherboard Chipset</strong>: ICH9R</p><p><strong>Motherboard Bios</strong>: </p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: ATI Radeon X1950XTX</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: Analog, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-S2</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: </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>: ffdshow video decoder</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: ffdshow audio decoder</p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: </p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: </p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV</strong>: </p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: </p><p></p><p>After finally getting the card to work with MediaPortal (installed SoftMCE, added all 70 channels of my CATV provider) I realized that the video quality is very low. The ffdshow decoder I'm using shows an average bit rate of 4200 kbps for either live TV or recorded video stream.</p><p></p><p>In GraphEdit I found out, that 4200 is the default bit rate of MainConcept MCE Encoder, but no matter what I do with it there, it still shows that number (I thought it would change like for tuners with hardware encoders) every time i re-open GraphEdit and/or MP.</p><p></p><p>Does MediaPortal allow changing this value? I found a similar problem described by a HVR-3000 user, but there was no answer given.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kronwerk, post: 255399, member: 72532"] [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 0.2.3.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: default [b]Windows Version[/b]: WinXP SP2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 3200 MHz [b]HDD[/b]: [3 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 Gb] @ Intel Matrix RAID 5 [b]Memory[/b]: 2048 MB PC2-8500 [b]Motherboard[/b]: Asus Maximus Formula SE [b]Motherboard Chipset[/b]: ICH9R [b]Motherboard Bios[/b]: [b]Video Card[/b]: ATI Radeon X1950XTX [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: [b]Sound Card[/b]: [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000 [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: Analog, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-S2 [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [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]: ffdshow video decoder [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: ffdshow audio decoder [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: [b]Remote[/b]: [b]TV[/b]: [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: After finally getting the card to work with MediaPortal (installed SoftMCE, added all 70 channels of my CATV provider) I realized that the video quality is very low. The ffdshow decoder I'm using shows an average bit rate of 4200 kbps for either live TV or recorded video stream. In GraphEdit I found out, that 4200 is the default bit rate of MainConcept MCE Encoder, but no matter what I do with it there, it still shows that number (I thought it would change like for tuners with hardware encoders) every time i re-open GraphEdit and/or MP. Does MediaPortal allow changing this value? I found a similar problem described by a HVR-3000 user, but there was no answer given. [/QUOTE]
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