Hi,

I'm a happy mythtv user. I ended up using Mandriva LE2006 as the distro that I run myth on. I have a few fine tuning questions for the pvr-150.

My front/backend Specs:
Geforce4 MX 4000 with TVout
2 PVR-150's
AMD Sempron 3100+
ivtv 0.4.0
32Inch Regular old TV

When I record shows, or watch directly using 'mplayer /dev/video0' as a test, I notice some motion artifacting. I hope I'm using the right term. Basically, when say there is a closeup on someone and the move their hand across the screen...it looks slightly like a strobe effect in movement. Not smooth. Also, on a scene where there is a say a solid color background like a wall...I notice an almost speckly effect.

I'm fairly confused as to what bitrate, bitmax,resolution bit settings I should be using.

Since this is consistent inside and outside of the mythtv interface...can I use the mplayer method directly and fiddle with ivtvctl? Is this a common problem?

I'll include the output from ivtvctl -a if that can help:

Thank you.
R


------------------- output of ivtvctl -----------------
ivtvctl -a
ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
Codec parameters
aspect : 2
audio : 0x00e9
bframes : 3
bitrate_mode: 0
bitrate : 4200000
bitrate_peak: 6000000
dnr_mode : 0
dnr_spatial : 0
dnr_temporal: 8
dnr_type : 0
framerate : 0
framespergop: 15
gop_closure : 1
pulldown : 0
stream_type : 0
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
Type : Video Capture
Width : 640
Height : 480
ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
Driver name : ivtv
Card type : WinTV PVR 150
Bus info : 0000:00:09.0
Driver version: 1024
Capabilities : 0x01030011
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
Input : 0
Name : S-Video 0
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 1
Name : S-Video 1
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 2
Name : Composite 0
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 3
Name : Composite 1
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 4
Name : Composite 2
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 5
Name : Composite 3
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 6
Name : Tuner 0
Type : 0x00000001
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC )
Status : 0

Input : 7
Name : Tuner 1
Type : 0x00000001
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC )
Status : 0
ioctl VIDIOC_G_INPUT ok
Video input = 6
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT
ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO
Input : 0
Name : Tuner Audio In

Input : 1
Name : Audio Line 1

Input : 2
Name : Audio Line 2

Input : 3
Name : Audio Line 3

Input : 4
Name : Audio Line 4
ioctl VIDIOC_G_AUDIO ok
Audio input = 0: Tuner Audio In
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY ok
Frequency = 3092
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD
index : 0
ID : 0x0000000000003000
Name : NTSC
Frame period: 1001/30000
Frame lines : 525

index : 1
ID : 0x00000000000000FF
Name : PAL
Frame period: 1/25
Frame lines : 625

index : 2
ID : 0x00000000007F0000
Name : SECAM
Frame period: 1/25
Frame lines : 625
ioctl VIDIOC_G_STD ok
Video standard = 0x00003000
ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
Brightness = 127
Contrast = 63
Saturation = 63
Hue = 0
Volume = 58880
Mute = 0