[mythtv-users] Ways to improve TV Out quality

J. Donavan Stanley jdonavan at jdonavan.net
Sun Jul 25 13:09:29 EDT 2004


Ben Rometsch wrote:

>Hi There,
> 
>Right, I finally have my myth setup working on my main TV downstairs. I
>eventually used one of these to provide TV out capability: 
>
>http://www.averm.co.uk/avermedia/products/comptv_QuickPlay.html
>
>Now, I am in the UK (PAL-I I believe) and running off a Sony 32" 100Hz wega
>TV, being driven by a Avermedia 771 DVB-T card. I'm not sure what the best
>resolution or modeline is that I should be running in? Can anyone provide
>any suggestions here? 
>
>The picture on the whole is OK, but it suffers from two major problems:
>
>1 - It is not 100% smooth. It's hard to describe the effect that is being
>generated, but it's as if it is only running 18 fps or so. The image is not
>totally solid; basically it looks like it has gone through a computer! I'm
>not sure if the XF86Config is correct for my setup, but switching back to
>normal terrestrial analogue TV everything just looks a lot more fluid and
>smooth. 
>
>2 - Ghosting. Horizontal pans (especially with white on black) cause huge
>ghosting issues. If I pause Live TV it generally shows 2 frames on the
>screen, one slightly transparent. 
>  
>


Do you ahve any/all of the following turned on in Myth?
A/V Sync
Jitter reduction
Deinterlace



More information about the mythtv-users mailing list