[mythtv-users] Problems with 1920x1080 display

Drew Tomlinson drew at mykitchentable.net
Wed Feb 8 22:40:30 UTC 2006


On 2/8/2006 12:15 PM Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 10:58 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>   
>> On 2/8/2006 9:35 AM Jurgen Kramer wrote:
>>     
>>> 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?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Which nvidia driver are you using?  There have been many posts about 
>> nvidia driver versions greater than 7676 causing issues with OpenGL vsync.
>>     
>
> I am using the latest, version 8178. I have OpenGL vsync turned off, It
> won't work properly. I really hope nvidia comes with an updated version
> soon...

I have to ask...  What is it you need that the 8178 driver provides that 
7676 does not?  If there is nothing you need, then why not downgrade to 
7676?

Cheers,

Drew

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