[mythtv-users] So close I can taste it ...

[James Orr]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 16:04, James Orr wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 14:17, James Orr wrote:
> > Anyway, using ffmpeg I can record a beautiful looking picture.  Problem
> > is, when I start using mythfrontend the colors go strange and the
> > picture moves across the screen from right to left.  Sound does come
> > through OK though.
> > 
> > If I use ffmpeg after using mythfrontend I see the same results there,
> > though not in mplayer or xawtv.  The only way to get ffmpeg to look good
> > again that I know of is to remove the rivatv module and then load it
> > again.
> 
> OK, last update was premature.  The sound thing was a red herring. 
> Turns out it works OK the first time I try to use ffmpeg, the second
> time, regardless of whether there is sound or not will turn out with the
> odd colors and the picture moving across the screen.
> 
> It never looks OK with mythtv.  Always has the odd colors and the moving
> picture.

Another update ... if I record with mencoder/mplayer, it works
perfectly.  It's only with ffmpeg and mythtv that the weird colors and
shifting picture happens in.

Am I the only person this has ever happened to?

-- 
James Orr <james at orrwhat.net>