[mythtv-users] PBS interlacing not working - Was: Cyberchase and de-interlacing

[Yan Seiner]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 06/07/2009 10:17 PM, George Mari wrote:
>> Justin The Cynical wrote:
>>> Actually, looking at the logs, there seems to be something more 
>>> going on as well...
>>>
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.175 TV: Attempting to change from None to 
>>> WatchingPreRecorded
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.343 AFD: Opened codec 0x8562a00, id(MPEG2VIDEO) 
>>> type(Video)
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.343 AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.344 AFD: Opened codec 0x834ebf0, id(AC3) 
>>> type(Audio)
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.344 AFD: codec AC3 has 1 channels
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.345 AFD: Opened codec 0x83c3570, id(AC3) 
>>> type(Audio)
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.345 AFD: codec AC3 has 1 channels
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.345 AFD: Opened codec 0x905df50, id(AC3) 
>>> type(Audio)
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.347 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 
>>> 48000
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.348 Opening ALSA audio device 'spdif'.
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.385 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 2(2) sr 
>>> 48000
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.385 Opening ALSA audio device 'spdif'.
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.457 VideoOutputXv: Desired video renderer '' not 
>>> available.
>>>                         codec 'MPEG2' makes 
>>> 'xv-blit,xshm,opengl,xlib,' available, using 'xv-blit' instead.
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.460 VideoOutputXv: XVideo Adaptor Name: 'NV17 
>>> Video Texture'
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.485 OSD Theme Dimensions W: 640 H: 480
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.742 TV: Changing from None to WatchingPreRecorded
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.743 The realtime priority setting is not enabled.
>>> 2009-06-06 00:30:10.743 Couldn't load deinterlace filter
>>>
>>
>> The fact that myth couldn't determine what video renderer you 
>> specified in your custom playback profile, and that it couldn't load 
>> a deinterlace filter, seems to point to an incorrectly configured 
>> custom playback profile.
>>
>> What happens if you use CPU++?
>
> Better would be to try the simplest playback profile group (which is 
> basically the same as 0.20's software rendering), Slim, as it's the 
> group that's most likely to work on any hardware.
I think I started this thread... Or maybe not.  But anyway, I have the 
same problem.  It has been incredibly persistent, even through 
installing recent trunk and switching to VDPAU.  PBS SD just doesn't 
want to de-interlace.  Most of the cartoons are horrible.

--Yan