[mythtv-users] New intel-graphics-based frontend wont switch frame rates

Mark Kendall mark.kendall at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 17:36:37 UTC 2020


Paul

Can you post the output from 'mythfrontend -v playback' ? It should at
least show what modes the code thinks are available (and maybe compare
that with the output of xrandr?)

Thanks and regards
Mark

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 18:25, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
>
> I've just started using an intel-graphics-based frontend. Generally all
> has gone well. Mostly it works perfectly, but I can't get it to adjust
> frame rate. My memory of how to set it up is hazy. I looked in
>
>         Appearance => Separate Modes for GUI and Video Playback
>
> That dialog is behaving strangely. At first it was offering me a choice
> of 3 modes (640x480, 720x576 and one other I've forgotten). By resetting
> mythfrontend a few times, I got it to offer 1920x1080, but then with no
> other choices (not that I want them, but I know the TV offers more). The
> field "Rate" is also variable. It's usually greyed out, sometimes fixed
> on Auto, sometimes on 0. It did offer me a choice once between Auto and
> 50Hz, but never 60 or 24.
>
> I'm hoping I've just missed installing a package. I do have libxrandr
> installed, but perhaps myth controls intel using something else.
>
> Overall this tiny, silent Mini PC looks like it's going to be vastly
> better than my old ION frontend, but I don't think I'm going to be able
> to put up with the rough motion that I get without frame-rate switching.
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