2015-03-28, 20:39
(2015-03-28, 20:24)cncb Wrote: I obviously don't understand the technical details, but wouldn't the external deinterlacer/scaler be responsible for handling all these variations if you are just outputting the source video as is at 1080i (I'm mainly interested in 1080i MPEG2 recorded TV)? I know the SageTV HD300 (Sigma-based) player has this source-matching output/"auto-switching" option and I'm pretty sure Tivo has it too.
A Blu-Ray player, or a TiVo type device can handle native deinterlace because they handle a very well specified set of resolutions, framerates and interlace formats.
They won't handle an arbitrary interlaced video you found on the internet.
But this isn't a question for this thread about Milhouse test builds. It's not even Pi specific.
Ask as a feature request (or just search for native deinterlace) in a general Kodi forum if you want to discuss it further.
