[gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

[gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

[meino.cramer]

Hi,

I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts.

And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound
an d video.

I googled a lot, but what I found partly dated back to 2008.

It was said one should switch the vodeo driver from xshm to xv
deinterlacing from standard to tvtime.

But the GUI does not give the user any oppurtunity to do so.
It is user-friendly (read: Only a few things are configurable).

How can I improve the picture quality of Me-TV?

Thank you very much in advance for any help!

Best regards,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:

> I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts.
> 
> And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound
> an d video.

That sounds like the result of a poor quality signal. Have you tried
using different software to view the video to rule that out before trying
to fix something that may not be broken?


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Neil Bothwick

Keyboard: (n.) a device used by programmers to write software for a mouse
or joystick and by operators for playing games such as 'word processing.'

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Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

[meino.cramer]

Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> [14-12-07 11:36]:
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> 
> > I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts.
> > 
> > And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound
> > an d video.
> 
> That sounds like the result of a poor quality signal. Have you tried
> using different software to view the video to rule that out before trying
> to fix something that may not be broken?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil Bothwick
> 
> Keyboard: (n.) a device used by programmers to write software for a mouse
> or joystick and by operators for playing games such as 'word processing.'

Hi Neil,

VLC:
I tried vlc with mixed results: Some broadcasts are played well but
switching/zapping to others failed, where Me-TV has no problem
(regarding zapping...video quality is poor).

Mplayer/SMplayer:
As far as I can tell...no problems

Xine:
Hangs...nothing...dead

But all of them have a poor interface: There nothing more 
as the name of the broadcaster...no EPG or else.

This is were Me-TV shines...if only the viodeo would be better...

Best regards,
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Me-TV> Problems with video quality

[meino.cramer]

Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> [14-12-07 11:36]:
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:30:37 +0100, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> 
> > I am using Me-TV to (try to) watch DVB-T broadcasts.
> > 
> > And I am fighting against blocky artefacts and the stuttering of sound
> > an d video.
> 
> That sounds like the result of a poor quality signal. Have you tried
> using different software to view the video to rule that out before trying
> to fix something that may not be broken?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil Bothwick
> 
> Keyboard: (n.) a device used by programmers to write software for a mouse
> or joystick and by operators for playing games such as 'word processing.'


...after prooven, that it seems really a problem around me-tv, I am still
interested in suggestions how to solve it...

Best regards,
Meino