[mythtv-users] unresolveable ghosting ?

[J. Donavan Stanley]

James Meyer wrote:

>Repost to start it's own thread.  
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>Hello all, 
>I am having a terrible time getting rid of a ghosting or double image problem 
>with mythtv .014. Anytime there is ANY horizontal movement I get an effect 
>similar to when the starship enterprise enters warp speed, the image streaks 
>and then snaps back into place. 
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>Currently I am running on a 2.6 P4 on a asus p4p800 motherboard, with 2 
>pvr-250's and ivtv .19. Udma is enabled on the harddrives with video output 
>via vga (800x600 @60Hz )to a panasonic 42 inch edtv plasma. 
>I have tried both a g400 and a nvidia 5200 (with 4363 binary drivers) with 
>no difference in output quality. 
>Recording settings are at 480x480 at 44K bitrate, lowering the setting to 
>320x480 just makes the ghosts blocky. 
>
>CPU usage is at between 5-10% when watching live tv without xvmc enabled. 
>Playing dvds and dvd rips yield a perfect picture, but watching pre-recorded 
>tv has the same dismal results. 
>
>Please does anybody have some idea ? 
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I'm guessing you've tried what the howto/main document says to do about 
ghosting.

1) Capture at the maximum resoluation your 250 capture.
2) Make sure all the dnr settings are off.

You didn't mention what firmware you were running...