[mythtv-users] m2ts files and the internal player

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> Me:
> > It sounds to me, off-hand, like something de-interlacing that's not
> > supposed to be (I assume your monitor and camcorder are both
> > 1080p?).
> 
> > Alternatively: your camcorder may only be 1080i, and while, when you
> > connect it directly to the TV set, the *TV* switches to 1080i and
> > everything looks fine, if you play the same clip through Myth, it
> > will
> > de-interlace it, because it's keeping the monitor in 1080p.
> 
> > Try playing such a clip from mplayer *on the commandline*; it will
> > tell
> > you in STDOUT what the format of the video is. I'm betting 1080i.
> 
> Well, I am pretty sure that my camcorder (Canon VIXIA HFS20) is 1080p.
> Also, when running mplayer on it this is what I get:
> 
> MPlayer 20100218-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
> 
> Playing All.m2ts.
> TS file format detected.
> VIDEO H264(pid=4113) AUDIO A52(pid=4352) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 1
> FPS seems to be: 29.970030
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
> Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
> ==========================================================================
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 256.0 kbit/16.67% (ratio: 32000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [ffac3] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg AC-3)
> ==========================================================================
> AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Starting playback...
> Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 1440x1080 => 1920x1080 Planar YV12
> A: 601.3 V: 600.6 AV: 0.712 ct: 0.142 45/ 45 57% 15% 32.0% 11 0
> Exiting... (Quit)
> 
> How can I tell from this whether it is 1080i or 1080p?

I *think* the answer to that is the frame rate; 1080p is 30, 1080i is 60... 
but I don't see that mplayer shows that.  Damn.  

Wait; there it is.  Yeah, 1080p30.

>                                                          My TV is
> definitely 1080p anyway.

Are you certain it's *in that mode*, though?  Does it tell you, or does 
your xorg.log tell you?

Cheers,
-- jra