[mythtv-users] Having problems / Need info on BOB Deinterlacing

[Dan Seddon]

Mark Kendall wrote:
> On 6/1/06, *James Buckley* <james at logicland.co.uk 
> <mailto:james at logicland.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Yeah, now you mention it, the card does have analogue inputs. Do
>     you know if
>     *any* DVB-T receiver can cope with HD content, or only ones which
>     have been
>     designed to. I might have to get a DVB-S receiver then, but they
>     are very
>     scarce. Anyway, haven't managed to generate a working modeline,
>     once I do
>     though, playback should look better.
>
>
> James
>
> In theory, any dvb-t tuner should be able to receive HD.  The tuner 
> doesn't care what format the stream is in - it just feeds it to the OS 
> to deal with. All the references to MPEG2 compression and other 
> rubbish on dvb card specs are usually talking about the bundled 
> software - which is usually windows only.
>
> If you get your reception from Crystal Palace you should be able to 
> pick up 4 HD test channels (BBC, ITV, CH4 and Five). Playing the 
> channels is another issue - look at the dev list if you're interested 
> (I have it just about working but playback is too slow).
Hi Mark

Reading:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/201659?page=last

That's great news - though I read "No joy with live tv tonight though - 
segmentation faults every time:) ", is your current situation better 
(other than getting a nice new HD box ;) ). I'm only interested in 
transcoding as my machine is far too slow - do you think this is likely 
to work if I made the leap?

Thanks

Dan