[mythtv-users] 1080i content and xv

Steve Adeff adeffs at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 02:40:11 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 11 January 2006 21:11, Chris Ribe wrote:
> Neither of them worked, unfortunately.
>
> Using the nv driver resulted in a slightly different version of the same
> problem.
>
> Perhaps it is a peculiarity in the transport stream from the cable box,
> perhaps a newer video card would help.  I guess I'll just keep plugging
> away and see if I can figure something out.  Thanks for your help.
>
> On 1/11/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:
> > > Sorry, I need a little hand holding here.
> > >
> > > I assume I can unload the nVidia driver by issuing
> > >
> > > #modprobe -r /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4smp/updates/drivers/
> > > video/nvidia/nvidia-1_0-7676.ko
> >
> > Or just "rmmod nvidia", "lsmod" will tell you if it's still there or
> > not.
> >
> > > but loading the nv driver, I'm not so sure about.
> > >
> > > Can I just replace the
> > >
> > > Driver "nvidia" line in xorg.conf with, Driver "xv" and restart x?
> >
> > Yes, normally, but I have heard tell of nVidia setups where it still
> > loads nVidia even if you do that. The actual X server is an
> > executable usually linked to "X" (note the cap) someplace like /usr/
> > X11R6/bin (seems like everybody puts it in a different place.
> >
> > That should be "nv" not "xv", I'm assuming that was a typo. "xv" is
> > something completely different.
> >
> > My guess is that if commenting out "load glx" does not work then
> > loading "nv" instead of nvidia will not work either, but you never know.

which GPU card?
whats your xorg.conf have for loading the nvidia driver?
does the issue occur when you playback 1080i content at 1/2 size?

-- 
Steve


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