[mythtv-users] Playback Flickering After Upgrade to 0.28.1

[Peter Bennett]

On 10/22/2017 11:47 AM, Jay Foster wrote:
> On 10/08/2017 08:12 AM, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
>> On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 07:38:32 -0700
>> Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/08/2017 07:27 AM, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 07:11:56 -0700
>>>> Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 09/30/2017 04:19 PM, Jay Foster wrote:
>>>>>> I updated my Intel NUC 7I5BNH frontend from 0.27 to 0.28.1. Now
>>>>>> during playback, I get a flickering black bar on the screen (like
>>>>>> a vertical blanking field).  I'm using the OpenGL playback (VAAPI
>>>>>> is not supported on my HW AFAIK, Intel VGA Device 5926, Intel Iris
>>>>>> Plus Graphics 640).  This was not there with 0.27. Anyone know
>>>>>> what this is and how to fix it?
>>>>> This flickering black line only seems to happen with 1080i TV
>>>>> playback. 720P and 480i programs seem unaffected.  Also BD rips
>>>>> seem unaffected. Any ideas what broke in 0.28?
>>>> You can use vainfo to determine what VA-API modes are supported.
>>> vainfo reports:
>>>
>>> libva info: VA-API version 0.35.0
>>> libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
>>> libva info: Trying to
>>> open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so libva info:
>>> Found init function __vaDriverInit_0_35 libva
>>> error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
>>> libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 vaInitialize failed with error
>>> code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
>>>
>>> I am not using VAAPI.  Playback was very good with 0.27.  Why has
>>> 0.28 broken it?
>> You really should consider using VA-API with this hardware, it supports
>> even HVEC 10 bit hardware decoding. I wish my NUC had this capability.
>>
> I still have no idea how to fix this.  Worked fine in 0.27, but no 
> longer with 0.28.  I tried Normal High Quality, and the black 
> flickering band went away, but then I have tearing.  I tried OpenGL 
> Normal, and the black band went away, but so did the deinterlacing.  
> While changing the playback profiles, I also noticed that the on 
> screen pop up background color changed from black (I think) to a cyan 
> color.  No idea what caused that either.
>
> VA-API is not an option, since there is no driver support for my 
> hardware.
>
I suggest try OpenGL slim. Also edit the playback profile once you have 
selected it and make sure Max CPUs is set to 4 (or the number of CPUs 
you have if less than 4). Disable OSD fade. If you then find 
deinterlacing not working, try changing the deinterlacer to Bob or Kernel.

Make sure in Appearance settings that you disable "separate modes for 
GUI and TV playback" and that your paint engine is not set to QT.