[mythtv-users] IVTV issues (video scrambled looking)

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Jun 3 06:06:56 UTC 2006


On 06/02/2006 11:55 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:07 PM, Mickey Chandler wrote:
>> At 04:38 PM 6/2/2006, Brian Wood wrote:
>>     
>>> Any chance the OP could post a screenshot of the "scrambled" picture,
>>> perhaps a digital camera shot? I'm not sure what the problem is, but
>>> I suspect that it will become obvious once we see it. I'm guessing
>>> the mpeg is fine and it is a video output problem.
>>>       
>> Certainly.
> Wow, that's what I call scrambled.
>
> I really expected I would recognize the problem from seeing it, but I  
> have to admit I have never seen this type of output before.
>
> I'm going to send the pic to a couple of former co-workers of mine to  
> see if they recognize the particular distortion.
>
> It looks like the H and V are free-running and not locked to  
> anything. I think there is a setup option or two that are related to  
> sync, you might try playing with them.
>
> You might also try running at a lower resolution and see what happens.

Before going too far with this, shouldn't the OP try playing the MPEG on 
another player (preferably another computer) to verify your theory (that 
the recording itself is fine)?

Mike


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