[mythtv-users] "Split screen" with live-tv or replay recording

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/29/2012 04:26 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 1/29/2012 15:56, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:
>> Op 29-01-12 21:20, Raymond Wagner schreef:
>>> On 1/29/2012 15:17, Jogchum Reitsma wrote:
>>>> Since my upgrade from OpenSuse 11.4 to 12.1 mythtv doesn' t play
>>>> recordings or live-tv correctly. It compresses the height of the image,
>>>> and displays it twice above each other, with some black between it.
>>>> Full-screen or not doesn' t make a difference in this behavior.
>>> Sounds like the 'bob' deinterlacer, in combination with faulty ATI
>>> graphics drivers.
>> Has this deinterlacer seen changes between opensuse 11.4 and 12.1? Is it
>> part of the mythtv-program itself (you can smell my ignorance here...)
> There is a well known issue in MythTV when using an ATI/AMD graphics
> card, and a playback profile that specifies the 'bob' deinterlace
> filter.  The solution is to alter your playback profile to use something
> other than 'bob'.

Yes.  You're probably using the CPU+ Playback Profile Group, and no one 
should be using any of CPU+, CPU++, or CPU--.  Change it to Slim.  
mythfrontend Utilities/Setup|Setup|TV Settings|Playback, 3rd screen.

Mike