[mythtv-users] Apple TV almost working. Only a slight issue remains

[Kevin Robbins]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Michael Brancato <mike at mikebrancato.com> wrote:
>>So, you have no problems whatsoever with the program guide? It's slow
>>as helle everywhere (live tv, gui)
>
>>Little OT and sorry I can't help. But would you (or anyone) mind
>>sharing your xorg.conf I have not been able to get 720p or 1080i out of my
>> appletv either component or hdmi. I'm driving a samsung 19" lcd
>>that's capable of 1080p. It would be much appreciated and good luck
>>with the sound.
>
> Sorry, I'm a digest reader, you may need to reply-to-all...
>
> From what I can tell, the guide has no delay (except maybe 2 seconds
> re-generating the current channel's preview).  Blazing fast.
>
> That said, I made the huge mistake of picking a poor theme, and everything
> was slow.  Everything from just moving through the menu's, to playing TV.  I
> switched from Blootube to Mythcenter, and things became 10x faster in all
> respects for mythtv.  I believe a good part of that was it went from using
> 60%+ RAM to using around 40% only be switching themes.  I thing Mythbuntu or
> Retro would have similar results.  I think swaping out of ram was causing
> huge performance issues.
>
> I'm running 1080i through component.  I do have to adjust for overscan, but
> thats my TV's fault.  I just adjust the GUI size to 1720x954 (that's what
> works for my TV (6yo Toshiba 57in HDTV, no DVI).You can find most of what
> you need to tweak on the atv-bootloader website.  My Xorg config follows:
>
> # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> # nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder57)  Thu Sep 18
> 17:19:17 PDT 2008
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "Layout0"
>    Screen      0  "Screen0"
>    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>    Load           "dbe"
>    Load           "extmod"
>    Load           "type1"
>    Load           "freetype"
>    Load           "glx"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    # generated from default
>    Identifier     "Mouse0"
>    Driver         "mouse"
>    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
>    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>    # generated from default
>    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>    Driver         "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier     "Monitor0"
>    VendorName     "Unknown"
>    ModelName      "Unknown"
>    HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
>    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
>    Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier     "Device0"
>    Driver         "nvidia"
>    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>    Option         "RegistryDwords" "RMDisableRenderToSystem=1"
>
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier     "Screen0"
>    Device         "Device0"
>    Monitor        "Monitor0"
>    DefaultDepth    24
>    Option         "DPI" "100x100"
>    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "TV-0"
>    Option         "TVOutFormat" "COMPONENT"
>    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
>    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "True"
>    Option         "AddARGBVisuals" "1"
>    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
>    Option         "NvAGP" "1"
>    Option         "TVStandard" "HD1080i"
>    Option         "Coolbits" "1"
>    Option         "VideoOverlay" "1"
>    SubSection     "Display"
>        Depth       24
>        Modes      "1920x1080" "1280x720"
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>    Option         "Composite" "Disabled"
> EndSection
>
>
> --
> Mike Brancato, CISSP
>

Thanks much for the Xorg.conf, no luck though. Does anyone else have a
xorg.conf that actually works at either 720p, 1080i or 1080p with the
apple tv? Component or hdmi is fine with me. Hopefully I can piece and
part enough of them to get something other than a black screen.

Kevin