[mythtv-users] Playback problem

[Graeme Hilton]

raptorjr wrote:
> Maybe hard to understand my problem, or i'm the only one with this problem.
> 
> I found this in Xorg.0.log
> 
> (II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 640 x 812
> 
> Don't know if it should be like that. But what i'm seeing when i try to 
> watch
> something could actually be something like that resolution.
> But since i only have 480 in height i'm loosing almost half the picture.
> 
> Is the above value ok, and if not, how could i change some setting so i get
> 640x480? What values do other people have?
> 
> And it is only when i'm using Xv this problem occurs.
> 
> /Stefan

My log says 832x624, so I think it's a characteristic of the hardware.

I have a similar problem with Myth stretching the image vertically so
only the top half of the image is displayed on the TV.  This happens in
Myth when watching recordings and on Live TV.  When in the Program
guide, again, only the top half of the picture is displayed.  Even the
OSD is stretched vertically.

This has happened since I upgraded my ATI drivers, to try and resolve
issues I was having with the OpenGL transitions on the menus in SVN.
This part is fixed, but now the Xv part of the drivers appears to be
broken.  If I use OpenGLOverlay instead of VideoOverlay, then I get a
normal picture, but it's a bit choppy and jerky, although watchable for
news/soaps.  You couldn't watch sports on it.

In short I suppose I am saying that I think this is a driver problem and
you could try asking at www.rage3d.com/board .  They have helped me in
the past, but I haven't raised this problem yet.

-- 
Graeme Hilton
Radeon 9600 -8.23.7 drivers, Fedora Core 4, MythTV SVN r9489.