[mythtv-users] Interlacing question

Sage sage at gypsycaravan.com
Mon Oct 16 14:59:32 UTC 2006


Thanks for the tips!  My next question is, how do I set xorg up to do this?

On 10/16/06, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 23:27 -0500, Sage wrote:
> > I'm currently running MythTV through an nVidia Geforce 6150 with an
> > s-video connection to a standard NTSC television.  The resolution of
> > X-windows is 720x480.  I'm using a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 to record a
> > regular NTSC stream.  What this means is that all my recordings are
> > 720x480 interlaced video.
> >
> > The thing is, x-windows is set to a non-interlaced (480p) resolution.
> > Which means that the video must be de-interlaced during playback.
> > However, since my display is a regular NTSC television, the end result
> > is interlaced again.
> >
> > So I'm wondering: Can you set x-windows to actually operate entirely
> > in 480i, so that you don't have to de-interlace the video stream at
> > all?  Would this work?
>
> Yes, and yes, however if you do this and use MythTV "overscan" or "zoom"
> modes you will still need deinterlacing and you will need to record all
> streams with 480 lines, i.e. 720x480 is ok, as is 640x480, and 480x480.
>
> -- Daniel
>
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