[mythtv-users] Troubleshooting video problems on my combined FE/BE

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Jerry,

Friday, March 13, 2015, 4:10:44 PM, you wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:

>>
>> I'm finding that constant swapping between progressive and interlaced very
>> odd. Do you get those messages on the non-stuttering frontend? Does the
>> recording play stutter free on the main frontend if you use another player
>> like VLC? What does mediainfo say about the file?
>>
>> It is not uncommon for the format to change at commercial breaks and the
>> like but the messages above seem to indicate it is changing every few
>> seconds and sometimes every few frames!
>>

> I began writing this email about two hours ago with all of my efforts.
> Basically, when I hooked up my FE/BE to my analog KVM and then directly to
> my usual computer monitor, the stuttering went away in all programs I
> tried.  I was getting stuttering in Kodi, Plex Home Theater, Myth videos,
> I'm sure everywhere else, too.

> I finally started looking at settings on the TV.  I wound up changing the
> Game Mode setting to On.  The TV says there is a reduction in image
> quality, but I can't see it.  The stuttering seems to have gone away.  I
> can't find it now, so I am satisfied.

> So if you have a Samsung later model TV and you experience stuttering, try
> setting Game Mode to On.

> Should I put this in the wiki somewhere?

> Thanks to Mark and Hika for the help!
> Jerry

It sounds logical, gaming needs faster response.
As far as I can think, the only thing that could get changed this way
is your resolution and possibly the refresh rate. I guess it now sends
other edid info to the computer.

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