[mythtv-users] nVidia driver 304.88: problems

[Paul Gardiner]

Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>
>On 16 April 2013 23:05, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm now on 313.30, so maybe I wont have the problem now (yet to
>> experiment), but what I was
>> seeing (as were others): if you activate "Separate video modes for
>GUI and
>> TV playback", but don't set up any "Overrides for specific video
>> sizes" then the mode is set on every transition between GUI and
>> playback. The patch seemed to fix it, and not by forcing a single
>>
>
>That's how I have mine set up.
>Separate video modes is checked, the resolution is set to 1920x1080 and
>the
>refresh rate set to auto. No other overrides.
>
>The refresh rate change from the default 50Hz in GUI to the refresh
>rate
>for the video being played; 24Hz, 60Hz whatever.
>
>I have noticed that sometimes during Video->GUI it doesn't revert back
>to
>the original 50Hz. Which doesn't bother me as my frontends are machines
>dedicated to myth and as such, I had very little incentive to look at
>fixing it.

That's intensional, AFAIK. It's desirable when you, say, play several 24Hz videos in a row.

>What I don't understand is what exactly is your problem? That setting
>is
>designed for the mode to be changed going from GUI to playback.
>
>You're saying that it changes even if say GUI is currently at 50Hz and
>you
>try to play a 50Hz video? and that shouldn't happen?

Exactly. I and several others see exactly that, and the patch fixes it.

>refresh rate, because I'd still see a mode change if transitioning
>> from playback => gui =>playback if the two playbacks were for
>different
>> rates.
>>
>
>but that's intended...

Yes. I was just pointing out that I still see that behaviour with the patch applied, which is good.

>I guess I must be missing something.. Because I just don't get what the
>problem is.
>
>if you run mythfrontend with -v playback --loglevel debug
>You see that when I start playback from GUI, then myth issues request
>for
>one change only, to the mode matching what the video that is about to
>play
>would use.

But presumably that should happen only if the required mode is not already in use.

Paul.