Mailing List Archive: PVR 250-recording profiles with 2 tuners

PVR 250-recording profiles with 2 tuners

May 6, 2003, 9:26 AM

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I am using a PVR 250 with an ATI TV Wonder VE. They both work well, but not
together (no PIP, can't record 2 shows at once). How do the recording
profiles work with the different types of cards. I currently have the
default profile set to use the hardware encoding, and the live tv profile
set to the software encoding. This allows me to watch a different channel
than I am recording, but nothing else. Should I create new recording
profiles, and what should they be?

I would really appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction with
this.

John

Re: PVR 250-recording profiles with 2 tuners [ In reply to ]

m0j0 at foofus

May 6, 2003, 9:53 AM

Post #2 of 4 (1203 views)

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> There is no recording profile for hardware mpeg encoding. It just uses the
> resolution of the appropriate 'default' or 'live tv' profile. Perhaps you
> misread 'MJPEG' as 'MPEG'? Obviously, this doesn't work with pure software
> encoding cards.
>
> Isaac

I thought that the resolution/bitrate/etc options were all hard-coded
into the ivtv driver. Is this not the case? I'm I misunderstanding
things here?

Joe

Re: PVR 250-recording profiles with 2 tuners [ In reply to ]

ijr at po

May 6, 2003, 9:55 AM

Post #3 of 4 (1158 views)

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On Tuesday 06 May 2003 12:26 pm, John Matthews wrote:
> I am using a PVR 250 with an ATI TV Wonder VE. They both work well, but
> not together (no PIP, can't record 2 shows at once). How do the recording
> profiles work with the different types of cards. I currently have the
> default profile set to use the hardware encoding, and the live tv profile
> set to the software encoding. This allows me to watch a different channel
> than I am recording, but nothing else. Should I create new recording
> profiles, and what should they be?

There is no recording profile for hardware mpeg encoding. It just uses the
resolution of the appropriate 'default' or 'live tv' profile. Perhaps you
misread 'MJPEG' as 'MPEG'? Obviously, this doesn't work with pure software
encoding cards.

Isaac

Re: PVR 250-recording profiles with 2 tuners [ In reply to ]

ijr at po

May 6, 2003, 10:11 AM

Post #4 of 4 (1181 views)

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On Tuesday 06 May 2003 12:53 pm, m0j0.j0j0 wrote:
> > There is no recording profile for hardware mpeg encoding. It just uses
> > the resolution of the appropriate 'default' or 'live tv' profile.
> > Perhaps you misread 'MJPEG' as 'MPEG'? Obviously, this doesn't work with
> > pure software encoding cards.
> >
> > Isaac
>
> I thought that the resolution/bitrate/etc options were all hard-coded
> into the ivtv driver. Is this not the case? I'm I misunderstanding
> things here?

Everything's currently hardcoded except for resolution.

Isaac