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

[Ben Davis]

Ok,  I've finally found out it most likeley IS a problem with XV... I 
just downloaded OGLE dvd player, and I have the exact same 
fullscreen/crappy-looking issues.

Is there anyone out there that may have any experience with XV that can 
help me troubleshoot this problem? or should I *gasp* email the xv lists?

~Ben

Ben Davis wrote:

> Isaac Richards wrote:
>
>> On Monday 05 May 2003 11:25 am, Ben Davis wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> 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.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> 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 :-(
>
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