TV Quality via bitrate (1 Viewer)

[aikon]

Hi all,

Have TV server engine 0.3 up and running. I have all configured and running and the only thing that keep me from using it instead of my MCE 2005 is the picture quality of the new TV Server.

I found out that the Nvidia decoders does the best job for a good picture quality and it also shows how much bitrate the tv-picture is using. When running in MCE 2005 the bitrate goes from around 6 to 8000. When using TV Server the bitrate is about 3-4000 = VERY LOW = Poor video quality.

I have Hauppuage PVR 500 (dual tuner/analog tv-card) and using this in the 0.2.2.0 version of mediaportal without the TV Engine 0.3 the quality is fine as I can put in the desired bitrate in the configuration of mediaportal. But this can not be done in the TV Server as far as I know!

So - how can I change this in the new TV Server - so that I get the bitrate up to about 8000 for the encoded tvstream?

 

[NarkoKrig]

*Bump*

 

[joboehl]

Currently, just changing the code and recompiling.

Theres not an option (yet) to set the desired video quality/bitrate for hauyppauge and TVE3.

 

[diehard2]

Hi,

I'm the person that implemented the quality control for the Hauppauge cards. They do not behave well above the bitrate that is currently being used. I believe the flaw is in a third party library the tv server uses, but I won't have time for several months to track that down. I don't even know if it can be fixed. It doesn't matter how fast your computer is. At bitrates higher than the current settings, your tv will significantly stutter. If recording at a high quality is important to you, I suggest you stick with TVE 2. Sorry.

 

[revs]

Is this the case with all Hauppage TV Cards? or only certain models?

 

[diehard2]

All analog mpeg2 hardware encoding Hauppauge cards. The interface is essentially the same.

 

[Spragleknas]

So using TVE3 reduces quality for us analogue users?