To summarize, when I stream /dev/video0 with VLC, it seems like VLC's v4l module is setting the resolution in the driver to something other than PAL because now for the first time ever, I can use VDR's grab command with a FF card, in NTSC mode, and not have the picture look like the horizontal is all offset. The image does not have horizontal lines in it now.  This has always been a problem with FF cards, NTSC, and VDR's grab command.

 

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