divx playback poor quality.

[pootle]

Hi,

more n00b based question..If searched through the forums and not found anything that can help so I'm hoping someone can.

When I play back my divx that is in good quality i get a very poor quality mpeg2 stream. The output has lots of square blocks in it now and goes very blocky when anyone moves. Its pretty much unwatchable.

What are the best settings for ffmpeg to get this to work?

I'm using the latest gbpvr software and the ace mega codecs pack which bundles all the divx stuff with it.

advice really weclome.

[idbirch2]

See here

You need to edit your config.xml file, increasing the resolution and audio/video bitrates.

[pootle]

thanks so much, i was searching for divx blocky so didn't see that. Thats sorted things out perfectly. Can i ask what specification your computer is to run this? I think mine wont cut it now and the file wont finish converting before i've finished watching it.

[sub]

Hauppauge recommend a 2.4GHz machine for playing divx files on the MVP, so I'd go with similar specifications for GB-PVR. The MVP cant play divx files natively, so it needs to be converted to MPEG on the fly - which requires a fair amount of grunt.