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

[Ben Davis]

Isaac Richards wrote:

>On Monday 05 May 2003 11:25 am, Ben Davis wrote:
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>>In a 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.
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>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
>
Well, I tried changing around the offset/overscan options and they 
didn't work very well.  Sometimes I would change it and I would go back 
and the preference was not saved.. Anyways, when I did get it to save 
the preference, the offsets did not effect the output in any way.  I set 
the horizontal offset to 20 and it didn't offset the image at all...  I 
really wish I knew what the hell was going on here.. and I also wish 
someone else could see it w/ their own eyes :-(