On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:02:44 +0100
Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 04 January 2007 15:54, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:14:05AM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > > If you're using MythTV then make sure you are recording at full
> > > resolution (720x480). Recording at full resolution gives you better
> > > quality and no ghosting.
> >
> > Yes, that did the trick.  Thanks!  I was concerned that this would
> > increase the size of recordings, but it remained steady at around
> > 600k/s.  Is MPEG-2 a fixed bitrate encoding?
> 
> It's the bitrate setting that determines the file size, not the chosen 
> resolution.
> 
> >
> > I wonder where to document this so others don't get burned by this
> > problem?
> 
> I think it is in the FAQ on the ivtvdriver.org site.
> 
> >
> > > An alternative might be to turn off the temporal filter altogether
> > > (no idea if that makes a difference). There is a
> > > temporal_filter_mode control (from memory, the name might be
> > > different) that you can set to 'off' or something similar. If that
> > > works, then please let me know.
> >
> > I haven't tried this yet ... are you still interested given the first
> > suggestion worked?
> 
> Yes, I'd appreciate it if you could test it.
> 

This definitely made my image "crisper", especially during motion.

ivtvctl -c dnr_temporal=0 -d /dev/video0

Not sure if newer drivers implement the same functionality / command
structure.


> Thanks,
> 
>       Hans
> 

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