[mythtv-users] Could it be a problem with xv ??

[Isaac Richards]

On Monday 05 May 2003 11:25 am, Ben Davis wrote:
> Ina desparate attempt to figure out the answer to my problem (see below)
> I used the "NO_XV" environment variable to disable XV while I used
> MythTV so I could take a screenshot.
>
> Unfortunately, my problem did not seem to appear when I disabled XV.
> So, could this be an XV problem? Does anyone have any ideas of other
> ways I can narrow down the source of this problem?
>
> Here's some background on the problem:  When I start MythTV (which
> starts in fullscreen mode) it looks like a badly-shuffled deck of cards.
> In other words, the output is devided up into tiny pixel-high
> horizontall lines, and each of them is displaced. I can't really think
> of a better way to explain it.  If I keep the output in a maximized
> window mode, and move it slightly to the left or right, it fixes itself
> -- No more lines. But when I move it back towards the center, the lines
> get displaced again.

It very well could be an issue with Xv support in your video card driver, yes.  
Have you tried playing with the overscan/offset numbers in setup?  Might be 
able to sort of replicate moving the window around with that.

Isaac

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