[mythtv-users] LiveTV image vertically compressed and doubled

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 09/05/2010 01:14 AM, Shocky wrote:
> I just finished building MythTv 0.23.1 from the source tarballs on Mandriva
> 2010.0. I installed all the prerequisites identified by configure, although for
> some reason it doesn't recognize the firewire and libfftw3 libraries (the -devel
> packages are installed too). But it compiled and installed fine.
>
> I've set it up as a master backend with frontend. The MySql setup,  mythtv-
> setup, mythfilldatabase,  backend startup (for now I didn't launch the backend
> as a daemon, just at a command line), and frontend startup all went fine.
>
> I'm using an old Zoltrix TV-Max analog pci card that's served me well for
> years. I already have it working with tvtime, with the audio routed from line
> out to line in on my audio card. I'm not getting any audio in Mythtv yet, but
> I'll worry about that later.
>
> The big problem is that when I watch livetv I get a double image, one above
> the other and each one vertically compressed to half its normal height. Any
> idea what might be causing that?

Change the Playback Profile group to Slim in mythfrontend 
Utilties/Setup|Setup|TV Settings|Playback, 3rd screen.  It's a known 
issue with broken video drivers and certain deinterlacers (such as 
Bob).  (I'd guess you're using ATI, er, AMD video, right?)

Mike