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Old 12-18-2005, 06:30 PM
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MVP Video Adjust
Is there a way to adjust the video i mean by that brightness-contrast-color when using the media extender ?

Thanks for your responses !
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Old 12-28-2005, 06:56 PM
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I am having this probelm too, and for me it is a show stopper. I was a trial user and won't become a licensed user untill they fix this issue. Everything works excellent for me except the brightness/contrast issue. I know this is not a limitation of the mediamvp because I have also used gbpvr and with that software the brightness/contrast can be adjusted on the mvp. I hope this is fixed soon because this is a very impreesive alternative to tivo.
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Old 12-29-2005, 01:02 AM
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Obviously I realize not everybody has a TV that can do this, but if you do, you can set your brightness and contrast per input. Many newer TVs do have this functionality.
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Old 01-17-2006, 02:57 PM
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Everything works excellent for me except the brightness/contrast issue. I know this is not a limitation of the mediamvp because I have also used gbpvr and with that software the brightness/contrast can be adjusted on the mvp. I hope this is fixed soon because this is a very impreesive alternative to tivo.
Well, I am having the same problem. Bought SageTV Media Extender (MediaMVP) and to my surprise, the Brightness / Contrast is much darker coming out of the SageTV Media Extender than regular TV. About 35% darker image - Terrible.

Are you saying that GBPVR (free software) has a fix for this? If so, I am currenly trying out SageTV via the 15 day trial and would seriously consider GBPVR over SageTV if it fixes the brightness issue on the MediaMVP.
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Old 01-18-2006, 12:49 AM
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Well with GBPVR you will have a better experience with brightness/contrast on the MVP once configured. Aside from that however, Sagetv blows GBPVR out of the park as far as MVP support goes. The delays when pressing a key or changing the channel are unbearable when compared to Sagetv. Sagetv beats GBPVR hands down on MediaMVP support. I don't mean to knock GBPVR, it's actually an incredible piece of software for the price (free). For me personally I'd rather pay the fee for Sagetv because it is much more refined, customizeable, and stable. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed hoping they add brightness/contrast to MediaMVP output soon. I think the ability to manually adjust and presets such as Movie, Sports, etc. would be great.
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Old 01-18-2006, 10:35 AM
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Well with GBPVR you will have a better experience with brightness/contrast on the MVP once configured. Aside from that however, Sagetv blows GBPVR out of the park as far as MVP support goes.
I don't mind spending money for better software like SageTV, but when a free software has a CRITICAL fix for something as important as the MVP (like the BRIGHTNESS problem), then it is a toss up in my mind.

Also, I was looking at 3 or maybe 4 MVP's overall in my house. SageTV at $80 bucks PLUS $30 bucks for each MVP, well at $200 bucks with something as defective as not being able to watch TV on my MVP correctly ....
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Old 01-18-2006, 10:47 AM
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We are investigating the video levels. As far as we know, other software adjust the recording level to compensate.

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Old 01-18-2006, 10:52 AM
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We are investigating the video levels. As far as we know, other software adjust the recording level to compensate.
Great! I am running out on my Trial period and I am not going to reformat my PC just to test SageTV again.

As for the comment above, GBPVR corrects the PLAYBACK and not the recording level to compensate.

I was able to adjust GBPVR Contrast setting for the MVP while watching LIVE TV on the MVP. Hope this helps.
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Just so you know:

Quoted from sub, developer of GBPVR

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GB-PVR doesn’t do any of the playback by itself, it just uses third party software and codecs already installed on your machine.
The MVP is doing its own playback in hardware. Even though you call it "Live TV" it is being sent to a buffer before it is sent anywhere. That's why in options you can set a Live TV preplay delay for the MVP.

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Old 01-18-2006, 03:39 PM
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The MVP is doing its own playback in hardware. Even though you call it "Live TV" it is being sent to a buffer before it is sent anywhere. That's why in options you can set a Live TV preplay delay for the MVP.

Gerry
Ah, Ok, Thank you for that clarification.

It now makes sense why the image was "brighter" than normal when I watch Live TV on the computer screen as well.
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