[mythtv-users] Xine for DVD playback with 720p output looks bad

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Fri Jan 13 19:39:04 UTC 2006


On Friday 13 January 2006 14:08, Steve Adeff wrote:
> On Friday 13 January 2006 12:26, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > Steve Adeff wrote:
> > >I like DVD menus, so I'd like to use xine, but I'm noticing a lot of
> > > video issues in high movement scenes, I don't quite know how to
> > > describe it, its as though the video can't keep up so part of the image
> > > is updating faster than the rest. it plays back fine in mplayer and the
> > > Internal player, so I know its got to be some setting in Xine, I just
> > > have no idea what it would be since I never use xine....
> > >
> > >anyone have any thing for me to try?
> >
> > You using Xv in xine?  If not (or, to verify), run:
> >
> > xine -V xv --no-splash --auto-play=fhq --auto-scan dvd
> >
> > at least once to change (and store the changes).  A different video
> > driver would definitely cause differences in playback.
> >
> > Mike
>
> I started to notice this on my regular HD playback as well, turning off
> Composite in my xorg seems to have solved the problem for both. Why mplayer
> didn't show the effect is beyond me.
>
> Does Xine have an on screen menu such that I can change audio tracks etc or
> am I stuck using custom buttons on the remote?
>
> Is there a way to move the location of the playback info OSD? mine gets cut
> off due to overscan.

ok, maybe not, I put back the original DVD that I noticed the problem with 
(The OC Season 2 Disc 1) and I still see it, its quite bad. But a couple 
other dvd's (of movies) didn't show it and I don't see it in my HD stuff.

rather confused. I'll let it be for now.

-- 
Steve


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