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  • WinTV PVR - vbr limitations

    Did some Svideo captures.

    When running these through bitrateviewer, it's clear that the VBR functionality is very limited. It sticks pretty close to the average (chosen) bitrate. For instance, 5Mbps average, it would stay between 4.7Mbps and 6.3 Mbps, with no way to cap the maximum (so you can't set too high a bitrate if you want to stay DVD compliant with your streams)

    This is disappointing as the SigmaDesign DVR uses the same chip and does have a better VBR handling (you can select more parameters)

    Still, the PVR beats the RT2000, which does not seem to know the meaning of the word 'variable'

    J-kun
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