[mythtv] OSD problems: chromakey doesn't fade out; others don't do HD switch

[Taylor Ralph]

--- Daniel Kristjansson <danielk at cuymedia.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 06:26 -0500, Wendy Seltzer
> wrote:
> > The chromakey OSD is no longer fading from the
> screen after an item is
> > displayed in TV playback, despite DB settings
> (particularly annoying
> > when "Default Settings" comes up on playback), but
> takes an ESC press
> > to remove.  Other OSDs still fade, so I'm guessing
> the problem might
> > be <http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/9072>. 
> This happens on
> > playback of content recorded as MPEG4 or ATSC
> MPEG2.
> > (I first noticed it at rev 9148, and still see the
> problem on 9152.)
> Can you try reverting to 9071, and if the problem is
> gone there, try
> 9072? If that is the problem changeset this should
> be fairly easy to
> fix. 

Daniel, changeset 9072 is a fix for the
ProcessFrameXvMC function and Wendy is using XV not
XvMC.

> Any chromakey problems should be added to the
> #512 ticket. I plan
> to work on the chromakey OSD a bit more in a couple
> weeks, and will be
> referencing that ticket for problems to address.
> 
> > I switched to the chromakey after finding I could
> no longer tune
> > LiveTV to the HD-3000 card input with other OSDs. 
> When I'd switch
> > card inputs, I'd get a black screen for a long
> time, no signal
> > monitoring, and then a return to the TV menu.  HD
> scheduled recordings
> > would still record fine and playback fine.  With
> chromakey OSD, the
> > signal monitoring comes up and the channel shows
> in LiveTV.
> This sounds like a separate problem from the
> Chromakey OSD problems.
> 
> > NVIDIA 5200,  driver v1.0-7664
> > XV, no XvMC
> > Twinview displaying TV on second screen
> > nothing in the non-myth setup has changed since an
> earlier, pre-0.19
> > rev worked with HD, LiveTV, and non-chromakey OSD.
> > (I've always gotten the message: VideoOutputXv
> Error: Couldn't get the
> > color key color, probably due to a driver bug or
> limitation. You might
> > not get any video, but we'll try anyway.
> > but it's never previously affected playback.)
> This means you can't use Chromakey OSD. It might be
> a setup problem, see
> the #512 ticket for the xorg setting you need to
> set. I'm also not sure
> the 7664 driver works with the Chromakey OSD, I'm
> using 6629. Also, I
> find that I can only use chromakey on the first
> monitor in a twinview
> setup, you should be able to force the driver to
> make your second
> monitor the first monitor but still keep the left
> right ordering
> correct. The OSD still shows up on the second
> display, but there is
> a lot of blue screen blinking and other problems.
> 
> -- Daniel
> 
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