[popcornmix]

[*]New firmware, with 1080i hardware accelerated de-interlace - many thanks @popcornmix (as usual) and Eben!

It does need some overclock. Something like:

Code:

core_freq=400
v3d_freq=400
over_voltage=2
force_turbo=1

You can probably get away without the over_voltage setting which avoids setting the warranty bit. I could still run with core_freq=500, v3d_freq=500, h264_freq=500 without over_voltage.

To confirm you are running the qpu/advanced deinterlacer you can run:

Code:

while : ; do vcdbg malloc |grep -i qpu ; sleep 1 ; done

You should see occasional lines like:

Code:

0x3e5f3160 = malloc(480)  [qpu_malloc]

(which shows the qpu code is running) when set to "Advanced", but not when set to "Auto" when playing 1080i.