[mythtv-users] Nvidia just released 8756.

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Sun Apr 9 02:08:48 UTC 2006


On Apr 8, 2006, at 10:00 PM, Sasha Z wrote:

> On 4/8/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/7/06, Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au> wrote:
>>> Greg Grotsky wrote:
>>>> I'm trying it now...
>>>
>>> I am already using it.
>>>
>>> The most important bit for me is the
>>>         Option "ModeValidation" "NoMaxPClkCheck"
>>> which allows me to use my old [GeForce FX 5600XT] in wide
>>> 1920x1200 at 60 mode. It has a 140MHz limit in the driver which
>>> I can now override.
>>>
>>> Also, it does build on 2.6.16 without patching which I needed
>>> for the new RAID features.
>>
>>
>> Noticing a "fix" for interlaced modes, something I couldn't get
>> working previously, I gave this version a shot. Lo and behold! I am
>> now viewing MythTV in 1080i without flicker!
>>
>> --
>
> Really? Holy hell I'll have to try that!

New driver seems good for me, but I'm getting crashes in the program  
guide with the ChromaKeyOSD setting to get color OSD. Can't confirm  
if this was happening in an older driver or not since I didn't try  
until now. Is this a known issue?



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