[mythtv-users] Problems with 1920x1080 display

[Jurgen Kramer]

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 09:52 -0500, Patrick A. Ouellette wrote:
> Is anyone else experiencing this?  If I set my X resolution to 1920x1080
> on my combined frontend/backend, mythfrontend starts fine (displays the 
> menu, you can make selections, etc.), but when I attempt to watch a
> recording or live tv the system hangs and has to be reset.  If I have 
> the resolution set at 720x480 everything works fine (those are the 2 
> resolutions my display supports).

Yep, same problem here. Both mythvideo and mplayer make X consume 100%
CPU. Not even a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE will help. Running at 720p works
perfectly. I tryd using 1080i, maybe X/the nvidia driver has a problem
with interlacing?

> System information
> myth svn (it has been doing this for a long time, just getting around to
> fixing it)
> AMD 3000+ running Debian SID for AMD-64
> nVidia GeForce 6600 (using the native component video output)
> 
I am using myth 0.18 from ATRPMS with an nVidia 6200 AGP.

Jurgen