I apologize if this is a newbie question, but on the issue of interlace noise, how can I reduce the effect when *viewing* TV source via fbtv or xawtv? I notice that it is especially pronounced when using full screen mode. I don't notice it when viewing in windowed mode. This makes it unacceptable as a replacement for an actual television. (I haven't gotten to the point of trying to record the TV signal yet...) I'm running RH 7.1 + kernel 2.4.17-0.12custom (from RH Rawhide), with Gigabyte 6vxe+ (VIA Apollo Pro chipset), Celeron 466 MHz, FlyVideo2000 (saa7130 device), NVidia TNT M2 video card (XFree drivers), xawtv 3.71. Regards, T.C. On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Billy Biggs wrote: > > An interlaced video frame contains two 'fields', each of half height, > and each from a different point in time. You have a few options for > what to do about it: > > 1) Compress with a codec that can handle interlaced frames. MPEG2 is > an example, and the interlaced coding mode is supported by mpeg2enc in > the mjpegtools CVS. But mpeg2enc can't record, so you'll need some > mostly-lossless encoder to first get stuff onto your drive. [1] You'll > also need a player which can 'deinterlace' when you play back the video > on a progressive display. This will give you the best quality. > ---- Wan Tat Chee (Lecturer) School of Computer Science, Univ. Science Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Ofc Ph: +604 657-7888 x 3617 Internet: tcwan@xxxxxxxxx Web: http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan GPG Key : http://nrg.cs.usm.my/~tcwan/tcw_gpg.asc F'print : 2DB6 E00A 9B98 BD36 AF0A 0FE8 69D2 20E5 573C DBA3
