[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7759: [PATCH] Add support forrepeat_pict plus related AV-sync improvements

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On 17/12/2009 20:26, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 07:11 +1100, Mark Spieth wrote:
>>> Those messages were there before and are a result of the following
>>> changeset which is totally unrelated to these changes.
>>>
>>> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/22947/
>>>
>>
>> any logging which is done per frame should probably be made conditional on
>> TIMESTAMP.
>
> This logging isn't supposed to be per-frame, it is only supposed to
> be printed when the interlacing is changed. This should occur very
> rarely, and when it occurs it shouldn't be more than once during a
> program. Maybe once every few years you'll see a recording where it
> changes twice. With DVD's you may see it change when you go from the
> menu to the recording or vice-versa.
>

The theory that it should change rarely is true most of the time.
However on certain channels and content where they appear to be
trying to minimise the bitrate of the channel, they constantly
flip between interlaced and non-interlaced.

I mostly see this on early morning motor racing...


Stuart