On Saturday 23 October 2010, David wrote:
> > I think you mean h=576.
> > 
> >> But that just shows up as a jumble in gmplayer, so there's probably
> >> more settings that need to be tweaked for PAL output.
> > 
> > If you did change the width instead of the height to 576 then the output
> > would be jumbled.
> 
> Ah, I made a typo in the mail. Actually I did use that height, though
> I'm still getting a jumble.
> 
> Though actually the picture is mostly recognizable, it just as some
> really bad "strobing" / tearing / distortion.
> 
> However, I just checked the output video (from cat /dev/video0 >
> /tmp/output_vid.mpg), and that looks the same.
> 
> So, I think my rawvideo options were mostly correct, and it's actually
> some v4lctl option that I need to set.
> 
> I did just try using "NTSC" and "SECAM" values with "v4lctl setnorm",
> and they look even worse.
> 
> Are there some other v4lctl options I should play with? (I'm a
> beginner with this).
> 
> In case you're interested, here's a link to the mpg, so you can see
> the current distorted look
> 
> http://wizzardx.isisview.org/uploads/misc/output_vid.mpg
> 
> (produced by v4lctl setnorm "PAL", then catting /dev/video0 to the
> mpg, for a couple of seconds)

That looks like a format mismatch. Though the capture is pal resolution, the 
captured video looks like ntsc.

When using v4l2-ctl simply setting the format to ntsc or pal should be 
sufficient for the capture to work. I think the same applies to v4lctl.

Which version of the ivtv driver are you using? I've just done a quick test 
here using the current release and it seems to work fine when changing capture 
format.

-- 
Ian

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