[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 16.04 and nvidia drivers

[Marius Schrecker]

Hi,

ARound the time that 16.04 came out I did an upgrade of an older mythbuntu system with a GT610 video adapter and hit problems with the nvidia nv-control module, which wasn't allowing mythtv to match the monitor refresh rate to the frame rate of the content I was trying to play.

I tried "everything" at the time, using all the available versions I could easily install using packages, scripted installers and vanilla nvidia installer, all with no success. I eventually gave up and lived with the problem, allowing the available drivers, packages, mythtv code to mature over time before trying again.

I haven't had much time since to play with mythtv, but last night, for the hell of it, after being irritated again with the jumpy video, I decided to downgrade from the version that was installed (I can't remember now whether it was 358, 361 or 364) to 340, which was mentioned in another recent thread regarding a working driver for legacy cards.

  I rebooted and was surprised and pleased to see that the refresh rates were now being set correctly...  Problem solved!

However, as we have now moved on quite a bit since April and as there are newer driver versions available, does anyone know if something changed radically since 340 in the way Nvidia handles refresh rates?

Can anyone say which driver version might now be considered optimal for the GT610 on a mythTV system?

I'm a bit wary about breaking again whatever fixed itself yesterday, so don't want to just blindly cycle through the driver versions.

BR.

--Marius--
 
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