[MPlayer-users] How to tell if the video input is interlaced or not?

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:51:43 +0200
"Jouni.Lohikoski at iki.fi" <jlohikos at cc.hut.fi> wrote:

> I have Leadtek WinFast A310 Ultra MyViVo which works with the rivatv
> driver providing v4l interface. But it only works without X.

It only works without X?  That really doesn't make any sense to me.  I
can't think of any reason a capture card would stop working when X
starts.

> I am able to watch video input in a concole with:
> mplayer -vo vesa -tv
> driver=v4l:norm=PAL:input=0:outfmt=uyvy:width=704:height=576:fps=50
> tv://

fps=50?  The F in fps means frames not fields, so that should be fps=25.
 You're just wasting CPU time doing that, AFAIK.

> Any tests, tricks, How do I tell if the video input is really
> interlaced or not?

What?  I think you can safely assume (PAL) TV is always going to be
interlaced.