[mythtv-users] Just let my TV de-interlace

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 27, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:

> Preston Crow wrote:
>>
>> Everything that I've heard indicates that nVidia simply doesn't do
>> interlaced output correctly.  You get some weird tearing or other
>> problems because the output frequency isn't right.
>
> That might be the case for some people, but the opposite is true in my
> case. I currently use 1080p for everything (it's fixed resolution  
> for my
> myth system, and mythfrontend does all the scaling and deinterlacing),
> and there's a tiny tear line that descends slowly over the screen, and
> then there's a small jump (a single frame is maybe either lost or
> doubled, I'm not sure which) when the tear line reaches bottom. The  
> jump
> occurs approx once every 30 seconds or so.
>
> I'm using Mythbuntu 8.04 with the latest MythTV and the latest NVidia
> drivers, on a GeForce 8200 motherboard (integrated graphics chip,
> technically equivalent to a standalone 8400GS card, but the RAM is
> shared with the OS). TV is a 1080p-capable plasma, connection is HDMI
> direct from motherboard.

Try a different connection. My PS3 did this over HDMI with 1080p and  
stopped when I switched to 1080i. The my MythTV box did this with  
1080p over HDMI and doesn't any more now that I use DVI.