[mythtv-users] mythfrontend is shearing video playback

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Mar 18 04:25:45 UTC 2008


On Mar 17, 2008, at 9:22 PM, John and Holly Klug wrote:

> Not likely in my case.  It is a Slimfit CRT TX-S3080WH which according
> to CNET is 1080i native.
>
> Anyway, I tried a 720p source, with 720p out, and I tried VLC, all  
> with
> the same problem.  Also when I do "Watch TV" I see it.
>
> I downloaded the file called tst.tar from <http: // www . pchdtv . com
> /downloads/tst.tar> and it had no problems in 1080i with VLC, but it  
> was
> a rather slow moving clip.
>
> So maybe the problem is my pcHDTV HD-5500?   Also Myth reports the
> signal strength as zero on all digital stations (maybe unrelated).

You mean the driver is reporting that. You can try updating your  
driver if it bothers you.

>  The
> picture is not pixilated, as I would expect with low signal strength.

Did you try turning on a deinterlacer to see if it solved your problem?


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