[mythtv-users] Raspberry Pi deinterlacing

[Tim Draper]

 ---- On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:54:22 +0100 Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote ---- 
 > There has been a problem for some time with hardware deinterlacing on  
 > Raspberry Pi. The problem arose starting with firmware version #897,  
 > released July 8 2016. There is now a fix in MythTV. 
 >  
 > MythTV versions prior to v0.28.1-34 will deinterlace correctly with  
 > firmware versions up to #896. MythTV versions v0.28.1-34 on will  
 > deinterlace correctly with firmware versions #897 and higher. 
 >  
 > You can check your firmware version with uname -a 
 >  
 > You can upgrade your Raspberry Pi jessie firmware to the latest stable  
 > version using "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt dist-upgrade". Currently  
 > this will install version #998. 
 >  
 > I have updated the package download of MythTV-light so that the new  
 > version will be downloaded. 
 >  
 > If you have previously changed your deinterlace setting to get around  
 > the deinterlace problem you can change it back to "Advanced(HW)" for the  
 > best results after installing the latest versions of MythTV and firmware. 
 >  
 > Peter 
 >  


having just bought my first rPi (rpi3) and playing with getting it setup as an FE over the weekend (fully updated rasbian with mythtv-light), what is normal functionality for deinterlacing? with the default Advanced(HW) deinterlacing it looks ok for motion areas, but pausing playback and/or onscreen result tables (BTCC race results; i assume football, rugby etc tables would also be the same), look appalling as it seems to flicker between the two interlaced lines.
Openmax&Line Double worked best for visual quality with no noticeable performance issue. 

(sorry for the direct email peter - didnt realise the TO: field wasn't the ML!