[mythtv-users] TV playback options on 0.21

[Nicolas Will]

On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 11:26 +0000, Nicolas Will wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I have just upgraded from 0.20.2-fixes to 0.21.
> 
> wow!
> 
> Great work from all the devs, thanks.
> 
> But now I feel a bit lost with the TV playback settings. There are just
> too many for my limited brain to process. Between the libmpeg2, xvmc,
> opengl, the desinterlacers, etc....
> 
> I have tried many options, and for the time being settled on the
> proposed "High Quality". Others tend to give me flickering OSD.
> 
> I am pretty sure that this is not the best/most optimal setting for me
> regarding picture quality and CPU usage.
> 
> Here is my setup:
> 
>       * Myhtbuntu Gutsy with PPA/backport of 0.21 - 64-bit binaries
>       * Ubuntu's 2.6.22 kernel with a recent v4l-dvb tree added
>       * Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 MHz
>       * 1 GB RAM
>       * nVIDIA geForce 7100GS 128 MB on PCIe
>       * proprietary nvidia driver 1.0.9639
>       * TV connection is DVI on the video card, HDMI on the TV
>       * TV is a full HD model, driven @ 1920x1080
>       * DVB-T (UK Freeview) and DVB-S (Astra 1 French channels) sources
> 
> $ cat /etc/X11/XvMCConfig 
> libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1
> 
> $ ls -la /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2007-11-14
> 08:24 /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 -> libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.9639

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        Option          "NoLogo"                "True"
        Option          "UseEvents"             "True"
        Option          "TripleBuffer"          "True"
        Option          "XvmcUsesTextures"      "false"
EndSection

> 
> Full info here:
> http://www.youplala.net/linux/home-theater-pc
> 
> What TV playback settings would you recommend?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Nico