[mythtv-users] help needed configuring Revo for smooth video

[Lee Koloszyc]

On Aug 1, 2010, at 12:49 PM, "Ryan Duffy" <dusteur at excite.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've recently bought a Revo R3610 to be a new frontend.
>
> I'm having trouble getting it configured for a satisfactory  
> experience.
>
> I'm using VDPAU and have set it to use Advanced 1x deinterlacer. (I  
> tried Advanced 2x and temporal 2x but both maxed out a CPU and  
> stuttered a lot, so I can only assume they are not supported on Revo).
>
> This mostly works, but I see intermittent video glitches (I can't  
> watch for more than about 30 seconds before I suffer one).  
> Unfortunately, although the video recovers at this point, the sound  
> is then out-of-sync and the only way to resync it is to exit the  
> recording and restart it.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me as to how to configure my Revo/mythtv to  
> stop this happening?
>
> For the record, I've set the video RAM to 512MB in the Bios as  
> suggested elsewhere and have tried other deinterlacers without any  
> better result.
> My WAF is pretty low at this point, having bought a new bit of kit  
> that so far doesn't seem to be up to the job.
>
> I'm using it for freeview broadcasts in the UK, so it is SD video  
> although I hope to throw some HD at it at some point. My monitor is  
> 1920x1200 resolution (I don't see why that should matter but you  
> never know...).
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
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Have you tried other deinterlacers, I have the ar1600 and think i am  
running 1x temporal, I don't think the ion chipset can handle advanced  
deinterlacing but I could be wrong.

Lee