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Tivo_noob
04-06-2006, 12:28 PM
I have read the threads (lots of times!) but still cannot get mode bloody 0 working! I have ftp'd LJ's fix over changed the bitrates but still when i look in my tvlog it shows this:

Apr 6 06:37:40 (none) TmkMediaswitch::Trace[160]: using CBR, bitRate=5960000, maxBitrate=5960000

Please, please can someone give me an idiots guide?

blindlemon
04-06-2006, 02:27 PM
Did you hit Enter after changing each bitrate in the bitrates screen? Did you click the "Update Resources" link and then reboot after finishing your changes? Have you changed the correct set of bitrates for your programme source?

Tivo_noob
04-06-2006, 02:43 PM
Thanks for replying, yeah i hit enter after changing the bitrates, updated the resources and rebooted. I changed the catv bitrates as i'm using a freeview box, as far as i know i've done everything correct :confused:

Tivo_noob
04-06-2006, 02:55 PM
Just to be sure these are the correct values?

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=4/9513535171.jpg&s=x10

Ian_m
04-07-2006, 03:50 AM
Have you enabled the "save disk space" option in TiVo setup ?

mjk
04-07-2006, 06:30 AM
i hit enter after changing the bitrates

Just to be sure, do you hit enter after changing each individual bitrate?

gavinss
04-07-2006, 07:09 AM
Have you enabled the "save disk space" option in TiVo setup ?

As an aside, I am wondering how important the "save disk space" option is, as I have switched it off, and it seems to work OK. Is it just to save disk space, or for some other reason?

Cheers, Gavin

blindlemon
04-07-2006, 07:27 AM
"Save Disk Space" actually does nothing at all in a UK TiVo unless you have changed the 2 bitrates in the TiVoWeb resource editor to be different from each other!

As shipped, the upper (max) bitrate and the lower (target) bitrate are the same as each other for every recording quality, which means that the MPEG encoder just uses CBR anyway regardless of the "save disk space" option :eek:

However, when you have it correctly configured it does, indeed, use VBR and save disk space - and quite a lot of it too, with very little noticeable effect on picture quality.

Tivo_noob
04-07-2006, 11:57 AM
Just to be sure, do you hit enter after changing each individual bitrate?
Yes, i hit enter after each one, as for the save disk space i'm not sure, does it need to be on?

blindlemon
04-07-2006, 07:03 PM
Not for Mode 0 - only if you want to use VBR.