[mythtv-users] Deinterlace stopped working in latest SVN trunk

[Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.]

>>>>> Brad Templeton writes:

b> On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:17:11PM +1000, Matt Doran wrote:

>> I wonder if this is telecining.  I'm not expert, but when I had a DVD 
>> that was incorrectly detecting progressive scan, someone suggested 
>> adding the inverse telecine filter.  I'm not sure if this happens in 
>> broadcasts, but you can give it a try.  

>> Just add "ivtc" to your custom filters in Setup->TV->Playback.


        I think the IVTC filter currently does not get enabled for
HD video (width > 720 pixels).

[...]
b> So it is something about how NBC is encoding the programs that is
b> confusing Myth.  I don't think they would send actual 1080 line progressive
b> frames in the stream -- that would confuse most TVs.


        I don't know enough to fix this but I believe it's your local
NBC affiliate and not NBC in general.  You're in the SF Bay Area, right?
They (KNTV) switched to a more advanced encoder a year ago:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HDTV-in-SFbay/message/20949
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/HDTV-in-SFbay/message/20782