Brian Craft (bcboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx): > I just upgraded to rh8.0 from 7.1, and xawtv started giving me > half-height video in "fullscreen" mode, using vidmode. The bottom half > of the screen remains blue, and the video is squashed vertically in > the upper half. What resolution are you at when this happens? I also have a G400 and I've seen this sort of behavior when at very low resolutions, but I have not investigated it. > BTW, is it possible to set up hardware scaling in a way that doesn't > suck? I'm always amazed at how horrible the video looks using the > xvideo extension. I alawys use vidmode instead to match the source > resolution. It gives a vastly sharper picture. Does this depend on the > hardware algorithm? With what were you doing these tests, and what resolution do you set it to to match the source? Also, have you tried tvtime: http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/ It deinterlaces to full frame height which will also improve sharpness. -- Billy Biggs vektor@xxxxxxxxxxxx
