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The latest ATI driver version, 2.28.8, may present problems with video output. Reverting to 2.27.10 addresses these issues. | The latest ATI driver version, 2.28.8, may present problems with video output. Reverting to 2.27.10 addresses these issues. | ||
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| + | ATI proprietary drivers do have a bug in them which makes the combination of VideoOverlaying and TV-Out useless. | ||
| + | If you have a display attached to the vga output connector, you will find the VideoOverlay mode fully functional. | ||
| + | However when the TV-Out connector is used, you will see the top-half of the actual TV/DVD signal. Disabling this | ||
| + | feature in the xorg.conf file (or use OpenGLOverlay instead) gives the whole TV/DVD signal, but may work slowly | ||
| + | depending on the overall speed of the system you are using. | ||
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| + | On my personal (Athlon XP 1800+) mythtv system the TV/DVD playback functions are too slow, even with OpenGLOverlay | ||
| + | mode active on the binary drivers. So for normal TV-Out functionality I went to the store and bought a NVidia card | ||
| + | instead. My desktop system however (the 2nd mythfrontend :-) still functions perfectly with a ATI Radeon 9200SE. | ||
| + | Attached to a monitor and with VideoOverlay active... | ||
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Revision as of 19:39, 19 November 2006
ATI Driver Issue
The latest ATI driver version, 2.28.8, may present problems with video output. Reverting to 2.27.10 addresses these issues.
ATI proprietary drivers do have a bug in them which makes the combination of VideoOverlaying and TV-Out useless. If you have a display attached to the vga output connector, you will find the VideoOverlay mode fully functional. However when the TV-Out connector is used, you will see the top-half of the actual TV/DVD signal. Disabling this feature in the xorg.conf file (or use OpenGLOverlay instead) gives the whole TV/DVD signal, but may work slowly depending on the overall speed of the system you are using.
On my personal (Athlon XP 1800+) mythtv system the TV/DVD playback functions are too slow, even with OpenGLOverlay mode active on the binary drivers. So for normal TV-Out functionality I went to the store and bought a NVidia card instead. My desktop system however (the 2nd mythfrontend :-) still functions perfectly with a ATI Radeon 9200SE. Attached to a monitor and with VideoOverlay active...
Pages in category "Video display cards"
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