[mythtvnz] Deinterlacing problem on TV1 MotoGP broadcasts?

[dmoo1790 at ihug.co.nz]

On Sun, 6 May 2012 15:56:43 +1200, Tony Sauri <hoiho.nz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 06 May 2012 15:11, David Moore wrote:
>> Anyone here watch MotoGP on TV1 DVB-T? I believe they have made a hash
>> of deinterlacing somehow. I can see a strong "comb" effect on motion
>> across the frame. I believe deinterlacing is working fine on my system
>> because I only see this problem in the MotoGP broadcasts. Also when I
>> check Video>Advanced>Deinterlace during playback I can see "Temporal 2x
>> (HW)" is selected which is what I would expect because that's what I
>> have chosen as my primary deinterlacer. Anyone else seeing the same
>> thing?
>>
> I have not recorded or watched MotoGP so can not comment directly.
However
> 
> In 2010 I complained to TVNZ via their website about the terrible comb 
> artifacts on an episode of Corornation Street
> 
> Their reply in part:
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> We regret the poor quality of 'Coronation St.' on Tuesday night.
> 
> We have investigated the cause and are now confident it was an isolated
> incident. (The file which had been created from the supplied tape had an
> incorrect setting, resulting in 'field dominance' issues.)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> So yes TVNZ can get it wrong!
> 
> Tony Sauri
>
That is interesting. I filled in the web complaint form asking WTF so I'll
be interested to see their reply. No replay last time I complained so I'm
not holding my breath. Maybe I should offer my services to TVNZ as a video
conversion consultant. :)