[mythtv-users] Recording playback wavy/shaky with new TV...

[Andrew Koebbe]

It's a Vizio. And if that were the problem, I think I'd see it in the GUI as
well, right?


--Andrew

2009/3/28 Marc Tousignant <drayson at net1plus.com>

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> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:
> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Koebbe
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:55 PM
> *To:* mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Recording playback wavy/shaky with new TV...
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> And for what it's worth, S-video out is working correctly on the new TV,
> but obviously this defeats the purpose of buying a 1080p TV.
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> I didn't mention it, but I have tried all of the other deinterlacing
> options, but none of them correct the problem.
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> If my description of the problem doesn't make any sense, the following is a
> link to a photo of what it looks like.
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> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/488665/IMG_1152.JPG
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> Thanks.
> --Andrew
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>  On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Andrew Koebbe <andrew at koebbe.com> wrote:
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> I'm a log time reader, first time poster.
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> So I finally gave in and replaced my CRT TV with a 1080p LCD. I've got my
> frontend box plugged in via the VGA connector (I haven't picked up a DVI to
> HDMI cord yet).
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> The frontend UI looks great, but when I play a recording the horizontal
> lines are offset and shaking. The recordings are untranscoded ATSC OTA
> captures. If I watch the mpeg file in VLC it works just fine, but if I put
> VLC in full screen mode, the shaky lines comeback.
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> I tried putting Myth frontend in windowed mode and shrank the size down.
> When I did that, the video plays correctly. So it seems that full screen
> playback is the problem.
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> When playing back a recording in fullscreen in Myth the OSD does not shake,
> only the Video. I've tried other payback profiles, but to no avail.
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> The video card is a Nvidia 5200 and I'm using a DVI to VGA converter on the
> frontend box, in case either of those things mean anything.
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> I understand that this really isn't an issue with Myth, but I was hoping
> that someone else has dealt with this and has any suggestions.
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> Thanks.
> --Andrew
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> By chance is the TV you bought an LG?
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> At work we had a customer that notices some issues with the VGA connection
> on their new LG TV. The customer who purchased the TV had worked with LG for
> weeks trying to find the issue and could not so LG sent a unit to us for
> testing. When we got it we discovered that when we sent a NTCS over VGA
> signal to an LG TV there were issues. This was even documented in the
> manual. When putting a signal over the VGA connection to an LG TV you have
> to go into the TV Menu and set the correct mode. Even if not an LG I can
> only guess this might be a similar thing.
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> You could always wait for the HDMI to VGA connection.
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