[mythtv-users] Random horizontal flashes

[William Otte]

Hi Joe -

On Oct 10, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Joe Votour wrote:

> <snip>
>>
>> Right - in my case, I have new versions of damn near everything (down
>> to the Fedora version), a new output method (was using PVR-350 TV
>> out), and a new TV.  I don't have enough time right now to sit down
>> and really bend my brain around the problem, at least for a few
>> weeks, so I certainly hope one of the wise souls around here can give
>> me some direction so that I can maximize my troubleshooting efforts.
>>
>> Please do let me know if you think of anything, and I will do the
>> same... once I get some time really immerse myself in the problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> /-Will
>
> Tonight I tried playing back one of the affected files with mplayer  
> on my
> frontend, and unfortunately, the flashes are still there.  Playing the
> video on my laptop under Windows (using Media Player Classic) with  
> an ATI
> chipset does not have the flashing.
>
> At this point, my suspicion is the nVidia driver or the hardware  
> itself.
> I'll find some time to drag out my old frontend, or put the ATI  
> card in
> the PCI Express 16 slot and see what happens.

As I have time, I am downgrading my nvidia drivers to see if this is  
a recently introduced bug in them.  Thus far, I have tried 8774,  
8762, and 8718.  Tomorrow, or the day after, I should have time to  
try older drivers.

Will keep you posted -

/-Will

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