[mythtv-users] On video w/mostly black,

[Chris Pinkham]

> I'm also experiencing something similar.  It appears to only be affects on
> certain channels.  Comedy central for example does this almost all the time.
> Where tech tv never studders.  If it appears only near the black portions
> between commercial breaks, then possible it the commercial detect code?  I've
> been trying to diagnose this problem for a couple weeks now.  It just started
> happening out of the blue after everything was working fine for weeks.  I'm
> running
> 
> myth .12
> ivtv CVS for .12
> intel MB, intel 2.4 GHz proc
> PVT-250 encoder
> Geforce 3 vid card.

I don't think it can be the commercial detect code if you're using a
hardware encoder because commercials are flagged in the background after
the recording finishes.  You should checkout the video using mplayer
or something to see if the problem is in the recorded file.

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Chris