[mythtv-users] Shaky video

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Sep 21, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:

>> And now the video in the GUI in LiveTV mode is shaky.  Even the Tuner
>> label with the transparent background shakes, and it pauses every  
>> other
>> second.  I tried recording the signal right out of /dev/v4l/video0  
>> and
>> playing it back in gmplayer, and it worked correctly, so it must be
>> something with myth.  Here's some output:
>>
> It has something to do with screen resolution.   My normal screen
> resolution is  1024x768.  It's slightly less shaky at 800x600, and at
> 640x480 pretty much the only thing shaky is the captions.  Does this  
> new
> info generate any ideas?

It sounds like the deinterlacer you're using. What playback profile  
are you using? Try Slim...

-Brad