bad frames in grabber causing led flickering

[pete111]

Hello please one question,
my easycap dc60 (stk1160, raspberry pi) is showing this video with "bad" frames - artefacts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRsONZBXIdw&feature=youtu.be

I tried:
/usr/bin/mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:width=72:height=58:device=/dev/video0:fps=30 -vo sdl tv:// /dev/null 2>&1 &

This one was too slow for me with slow motion picture and so my leds were about 1s slower than video. (sometimes with artefatcs as well)
/usr/bin/mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:width=72:height=58:device=/dev/video0 -vo fbdev -fs -fps 15 tv:// /dev/null 2>&1 &

How can I get clear video without bad frames? Because with "bad frames" my leds are flickering on "bad" frames and it disturbs me when watching video.

[stozze]

Have you tried overclocking the pi and see if that helps?

[pete111]

stozze, thank you! with overclocked raspi it is much better. :)

[lukefoster197]

Hi,

I'm having the same problem but cant seem to get mplayer working to see if its the video input. Do you have info on how you did this? I have already over clocked my PI.

Thanks Luke

[pete111]

Hi @lukefoster197
I assume when you see video your mplayer is working. You can find out if the problem is video input when you directly connect it to your display/tv.
Or second way - I connected output from raspi directly to my display (hdmi output from raspi) - to see what's happening. Hope it helps.

[lukefoster197]

Hi Pete,
No mate, the help I need is how to get mplayer installed and working so I can see the video on the PI?
The Pi is all connected up correctly.
Luke

[pete111]

Please, open terminal and try something like:
sudo /usr/bin/mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:width=72:height=58:device=/dev/video0:fps=30 -vo sdl tv://
or adjust settings according to your settings. (I forgot if sudo and /usr/bin/ is necessary, just try with/without it )
if you need to install mplayer try: sudo apt-get install mplayer