[mythtv-users] flicker (and other problems)

[Micah Wedemeyer]

Micah Wedemeyer wrote:


> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm having 2 problems with an otherwise great setup.  I don't remember 
> >when they started, but it's been going on for at least 2 months now.  My 
> >WAF is slowly dwindling and I finally have time to work on it.
> >
> >1) Many of my recordings have a flicker problem, where every few seconds 
> >there is a flash/flicker.  Using pause and frame-by-frame seeking, I can 
> >see that the flicker actually seems to be some sort of transition 
> >problem where there are 2 super-imposed images.
> >
> >To see an example of this, take a look at this file: 
> >http://wedemeyers.net/mythstuff/test_cap.mpg
> >
> >The file is 18M and has many examples of the flicker.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
>   


http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-users/2006-March/001735.html



> >Backend:
> >Fedora Core 4: 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4
> >AMD Athlon XP 1600+
> >(can't remember mobo, I think it was an NForce2...not sure)
> >PVR-250
> >MythTV 0.19.20060121-2
> >(not sure how to get ivtv driver info)
> >
> >  
> >
>   

rpm -q ivtv



That fixed the flicker problem!  Thanks!

Now, does anyone have any ideas about the corrupted recordings?  I did an upgrade of the kernel and the ivtv drivers and firmware, but I'm still getting the corruption issue.

Thanks for the help with the flicker, though!

Micah