[mythtv] Screen Flickers

[Michael Wisniewski]

Well...This makes sense, but to change that now in the SVN version has
been redone.  There's a "Current Video Playback Profile" and a bunch
of resolutions.

Is there some documentation that explains what all of this means?

Thanks!
Mike


On 9/13/07, Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 20:19 -0500, Michael Wisniewski wrote:
> > Hi!  I have a small problem.  I'm using svn Revision 14488.  It seems
> > like after upgrading to this, while watching LiveTV, if I go into the
> > "Info" menu (which displays the Program Guide, Picture in Picture,
> > Previous Channel, etc), the menu flickers.
> >
> > Also, the volume box flickers, along with captions on the bottom of
> > the screen, such as "SPECIAL REPORT - Presidential Address...".  It
> > also looks like the text for everything that flickers isn't clear.
> > It's not like a refresh rate flicker...it's just sort of flickers a
> > couple of times every couple of seconds.
> >
> > I was wondering if anybody else happened to come across this and if
> > anybody has any ideas.  I'm going to see if there's a ticket open
> > relating to this, but thought this would be a good place to start.
>
> You are probably using bob-deinterlacing, with many display devices
> it causes a shimmer in the OSD. Try one of the other deinterlacers
> if the shimmer bothers you. I've long wanted to fix this artifact,
> which is possible, but it's never been high enough on my priority
> list that it actually gets done.
>
> -- Daniel
>
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