[mythtv-users] nvidia help

[Captain Hook]

On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, glen wrote:

>
> On 09/24/2013 01:25 PM, HP-mini wrote:
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>> On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 12:23 -0700, glen wrote:
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>>> On 9/24/2013 11:25 AM, Erik Hjertén wrote:
>>>
>>>> glen skrev 2013-09-24 20:07:
>>>>
>>>>> i have tried 304 and 319; now on 325. i could not really see any
>>>>> differences. i bought the card refurbished so i was wondering about
>>>>> that ? if it could be a problem with the card itself.
>>>>>
>>>> It could I guess, but it its odd that vdpau shouldn't work beacuse of
>>>> broken hardware. Have you seen other symptoms?
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried different players like VLC or similar? Just to rule
>>>> Mythtv out.
>>>>
>>> i have used xbmc using vdpau and it took some fiddling. i had to disable
>>> sync monitor to framerate and enable sync playback to display, and it
>>> was perfect. which is the opposite of what i would have thought. i
>>> suspect some the issues may be related to the samsung which on my model
>>> has terrible reviews about the motion engine. but the tv will play a
>>> cable box or roku or blu ray very well. thanks for the help. probably
>>> i'll get another card. the board does not have hdmi out or else i would
>>> try just remove card and see how intel drivers do, the processor chip
>>> has video.
>>>
>> Does the mobo have DVI output. Try a passive cable adapter.
>>
>> MythTV (from 0.24?) hard-coded the video frame sync to the framerate.
>> This results in sub-optimal playback if you can't use "perfect" screen
>> video modes.
>> It also makes no improvement for those who are using "perfect" modes.
>>
>> At least XBMC sees the sense in making that config option.
>>
> thanx for the help. motherboard and video card both have dvi out. what is
> a passive cable adapter ? do you mean go out of the dvi on the nvidia and
> get cable converter to hdmi for tv connection. ?. i could go out of the
> mobo dvi with convert to vga plug and to television, but then i would have
> to switch to intel graphics and remove nvidia from unit or possible just
> remove kernel module ? .. not sure what you are suggesting.
>
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I've had decent luck with a GT210. It wouldn't do Advanced 2X or 1X, but
Temporal 2X works well. It is also inexpensive at $20-30 if you catch it on
sale.
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