[pvrusb2] Fuzzy Video using Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2

cardboil cardboil at gmail.com
Mon Dec 12 06:01:17 CST 2005


Oops, one more thing...I'm using the ati-fglrx driver for my video card.
Thx.

On 12/12/05, cardboil <cardboil at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry I forgot to mention...I am not using an Nvidia card.  I am using an
> ATI Mobility Radeon X300 on my laptop, with an S-Video out.
>
> I do have deinterlacing turned  OFF in MythTV.  I will try the sysfs
> method you mention below...
>
> Any other clues based on the mplayer output above?
>
> On 12/12/05, roger <roger at eskimo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think I made mention earlier about using Mythtv and requiring to
> > turn-off deinterlacing while watching tv in Mythtv.  I think you can do
> > this while watching tv and tapping the "W" key.
> >
> > I believe you can also do this by doing:
> > echo 1 > /sys/class/pvrusb2/sn-7435104/ctl_interlace/cur_val
> >
> > If this solves it, then this problem you are having is similar to what I
> > had had.
> >
> > To solve it, try updating your Linux nvidia drivers along with using a
> > recent versions of pvrusb2 driver and also trying using a more recent
> > firmware version?
> >
> > Another thing known to cause problems with Mythtv is Nvidias
> > RenderAccel.  If you have it turned on within xorg.conf , try turning it
> > off.
> >
> > If you figure this out, make sure you post your solution here (unlike me
> > forgetting too)! :-/  (sorry.)
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 09:02 +0530, cardboil wrote:
> > > I am using the Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 card and Mike's pvrusb2
> > driver, with
> > > MythTV.  When I watch live TV, the picture is a little fuzzy, i.e.,
> > when
> > > there is any motion in the video, it starts to look blurred.  Video
> > that
> > > doesn't contain a lot of movement looks OK.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else encountered this?  Is this an issue with the fact that
> > the
> > > stream is coming over USB or does it have something to do with my
> > settings
> > > in Myth?  Is there a way to tell Myth to use the card's hardware
> > > encoder/decoder or does that happen by default?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any guidance.
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