[mpeg2] Re: Question about the MPEX encoder board

[Alfred Zastrow <dvb@zastrow4u.de>]

Andrew de Quincey schrieb:

> The MPEX is MUCH better. They don't gradually drift out of AV sync within a 
> few days. We've  had them deployed on multiple sites for months. The only 
> problem with them is they don't like it when the video feed is unplugged; you 
> generally have to restart the userspace program reading from the card if this 
> happens.
>
> Video quality looks good.
Yep, I can confirm this. I have modified Klaus' sky-plugin to make vdr 
work with my mpex card. The result is great.  ;-)


> You are able to set the bitrate parameters, but be warned that it seems quite 
> sensitive to the exact parameters used; if you get them wrong, you get weird 
> breakup effects.
I use the drivers default.


best regards
Alfred