[mythtv-users] Mythtv fade effect
Eric Sharkey
eric at lisaneric.org
Thu Oct 27 19:01:49 UTC 2011
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 10/26/2011 03:13 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Kris B.<krisbee at krisbee.com> wrote:
>>> The fade on the other menus can be disabled if you DONT use the opengl
>>> renderer... I remember being impressed that it does fade when I had
>>> turned it on.
>> Right, that would have been my answer as well, but I didn't know if
>> there was some way to keep opengl without having the fade.
>>
>> For me I've noticed that sometimes the fade gets stuck halfway and
>> just sits there for about 15 seconds without responding to key
>> presses, and then snaps back to normal. It's kind of annoying.
>
> The proper approach isn't to disable the feature
I never asked for any such thing. The originator of this thread never
said why he wanted to disable the fade effect. Maybe he just doesn't
like it aesthetically.
> The proper approach is
> to fix your video card/driver/OpenGL configuration.
Not for me. The approach I'm using is ignoring it. The ROI for
fixing it isn't there. How much time am I going to invest in
diagnosing a problem that costs me 15-30 seconds a week?
> Perhaps you need to reinstall the nvidia drivers? Or perhaps you're
> having a problem with the video card overheating?
I doubt it. It's been happening for a long time, across two different
video cards and multiple driver upgrades.
Eric
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