Recording Problems

[Jase]

I have setup a compro videomate dvb_t300. I have got this card working fine for live tv but when making a recording the video is very jerky. I have installed the trial of cyberlink make dvd to have the muxer installed and i do get a recording but like i say it is very jerky and the quality is not very good.
Does the recording plugin just write the transport stream straight to disk or does it do any reencoding,as recording with the supplied software of the videomate is good quality and working fine.

[sub]

It doesnt do any reencoding, but it record a Program Stream not a Transport Stream. This involves demultiplexing, the multiplexing. What version of the cyberlink mux filter is included with Make DVD?

[Jase]

The file version is 4.0.0.1313 The file name is pdmpgmux.ax.
I have another muxer filter which is part of the compro videomate software this file is cpmpgmux.ax version number 4.0.0.2207.
I have seen somewhere in the forums that i need a file version higher than this but do not seem to be able to find it anywhere.

Is the reason for the quality loss that your software is not recording at the same resolution as the videomate software

Is there a way to find out how a file is being constructed ie graphedit or can this program only tell you how a file will be read.

[sub]

Sorry, I dont really have any recommendations of where to find it, but I'm using MpgMux.ax v5.0.0.727

Is the reason for the quality loss that your software is not recording at the same resolution as the videomate software

Remember DVB transmissions are already encode to MPEG2 data. I dont manipulate the data in any way (no resizing/changing resolution etc), so it should be exactly the same as any other application that is recording the DVB transmission. If you notice a difference in the video quality between the two applications, its mostly caused by the video decoder used during playback. Try a different one.