I've found a solution that will work for the time being.&nbsp; <br>
<br>
Using mplayer with the command &quot;mplayer -fs -vf scale=1600:900
filename.ts&quot; gets me exactly the results I am looking for.&nbsp;
Alternatively, substituing &quot;crop=1600:1080&quot; for &quot;scale&quot;1600:900&quot; will
get me unscaled, but cropped on the sides, playback.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
I've yet to figure out how to get this working inside of myth, but at
least I know I'll be able to watch the Pat's game in HD on Saturday.<br>
<br>
Thanks again to all who have helped me.&nbsp; <br>
 <br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Ribe</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com">chrisribe@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Well, I probably will end up throwing money at the problem, but I won't
like doing it.&nbsp; The video card is old, yes, but not <span style="font-style: italic;">that </span>old.&nbsp; I bought it new in 2003!&nbsp; <div><span class="e" id="q_108c1133b4600f8b_1"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/11/06, 
<b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Adeff
</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">adeffs@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 22:46, Chris Ribe wrote:
<br>&gt; Minor success!<br>&gt;<br>&gt; If I make the window wider than my desktop, the video plays back normally.<br>&gt; Of course, it has also crashed x once and hard frozen the computer another<br>&gt; time.&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps the -panscan option will help me out.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 1/11/06, Chris Ribe &lt;<a href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">chrisribe@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; The output from the cable box is an MPEG-TS stream over firewire.
<br>&gt; &gt; Playback works fine for 720p channels.&nbsp;&nbsp;The clip I am testing with was
<br>&gt; &gt; captured off of PBS.<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; I've tried playing the clip back at half size with VLC, and the results<br>&gt; &gt; were the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm having trouble figuring out how to do any scaling<br>&gt; &gt; with mplayer.
<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; The GPU is an old nVidia GeForce2 card w/ 32MB of ram. I don't know much<br>&gt; &gt; more than that.<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Here is the current state of my xorg.conf (I switched to the xv driver
<br>&gt; &gt; earlier this evening, disregard the monitor section as that is not<br>&gt; &gt; actually my monitor):<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;ServerLayout&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;single head configuration&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Screen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Screen0&quot; 0 0<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; InputDevice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Mouse0&quot; &quot;CorePointer&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; InputDevice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Keyboard0&quot; &quot;CoreKeyboard&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;Files&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.&nbsp;&nbsp;Note, this is the name of<br>&gt; &gt; the<br>&gt; &gt; # file minus the extension (like &quot;.txt&quot; or &quot;.db&quot;).&nbsp;&nbsp;There is normally
<br>&gt; &gt; # no need to change the default.<br>&gt; &gt; # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)<br>&gt; &gt; # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of<br>

&gt; &gt; # the X server to render fonts.<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RgbPath&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ModulePath&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ModulePath&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ModulePath&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;/usr/X11R6/lib/modules&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FontPath&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;unix/:7100&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;Module&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;dbe&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;extmod&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;fbdevhw&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; ##&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;glx&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;record&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;freetype&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;type1&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Load&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;dri&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
<br>&gt;
&gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Xleds&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&quot;1 2 3&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbDisable&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
<br>&gt; &gt; # lines below (which are the defaults).&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, for a non-U.S.<br>&gt; &gt; # keyboard, you will probably want to use:<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbModel&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;pc102&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbModel&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;microsoft&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; #<br>&gt; &gt; # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.<br>&gt; &gt; # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbLayout&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;de&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; # or:<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbLayout&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;de&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbVariant&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;nodeadkeys&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt; #<br>&gt; &gt; # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and<br>&gt; &gt; # control keys, use:<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbOptions&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;ctrl:swapcaps&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
<br>&gt; &gt; #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbOptions&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;ctrl:nocaps&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; #<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Keyboard0&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Driver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;kbd&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbModel&quot; &quot;pc105&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;XkbLayout&quot; &quot;us&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;InputDevice&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Mouse0&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Driver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;mouse&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Protocol&quot; &quot;IMPS/2&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Device&quot; &quot;/dev/input/mice&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;ZAxisMapping&quot; &quot;4 5&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Emulate3Buttons&quot; &quot;yes&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;Monitor&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Monitor0&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VendorName&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Monitor Vendor&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ModelName&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Dell 1905FP (Analog)&quot;<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DisplaySize&nbsp;&nbsp;370&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;270<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HorizSync&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30.0 - 81.0<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VertRefresh&nbsp;&nbsp;56.0 - 76.0<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Option&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;dpms&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;Device&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Videocard0&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Driver&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;nv&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VendorName&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Videocard vendor&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BoardName&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;Screen&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identifier &quot;Screen0&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Device&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Videocard0&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Monitor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Monitor0&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DefaultDepth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SubSection &quot;Display&quot;<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Viewport&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 0<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Modes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EndSubSection<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SubSection &quot;Display&quot;<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Viewport&nbsp;&nbsp; 0 0<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Depth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24<br>&gt;
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Modes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;1600x1200&quot; &quot;1400x1050&quot; &quot;1280x960&quot;
&quot;1280x800&quot;<br>&gt; &gt; &quot;1280x1024&quot; &quot;1152x864&quot; &quot;1024x768&quot; &quot;800x600&quot; &quot;640x480&quot;<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EndSubSection<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Section &quot;DRI&quot;
<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Group&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;0<br>&gt; &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mode&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 0666<br>&gt; &gt; EndSection<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; On 1/11/06, Steve Adeff &lt;<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
adeffs@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; On Wednesday 11 January 2006 21:11, Chris Ribe wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Neither of them worked, unfortunately.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Using the nv driver resulted in a slightly different version of the
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; same<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; problem.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Perhaps it is a peculiarity in the transport stream from the cable<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; box,<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; perhaps a newer video card would help.&nbsp;&nbsp;I guess I'll just keep<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; plugging<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; away and see if I can figure something out.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks for your help.
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; On 1/11/06, Brian Wood &lt; <a href="mailto:beww@beww.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">beww@beww.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Sorry, I need a little hand holding here.
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; I assume I can unload the nVidia driver by issuing<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; #modprobe -r /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4smp/updates/drivers/

<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; video/nvidia/nvidia-1_0-7676.ko<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Or just &quot;rmmod nvidia&quot;, &quot;lsmod&quot; will tell you if it's still there<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; or
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; not.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; but loading the nv driver, I'm not so sure about.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Can I just replace the
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Driver &quot;nvidia&quot; line in xorg.conf with, Driver &quot;xv&quot; and restart<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; x?<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Yes, normally, but I have heard tell of nVidia setups where it
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; still loads nVidia even if you do that. The actual X server is an<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; executable usually linked to &quot;X&quot; (note the cap) someplace like<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; /usr/ X11R6/bin (seems like everybody puts it in a different place.
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; That should be &quot;nv&quot; not &quot;xv&quot;, I'm assuming that was a typo. &quot;xv&quot; is<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; something completely different.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; My guess is that if commenting out &quot;load glx&quot; does not work then<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; loading &quot;nv&quot; instead of nvidia will not work either, but you never<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; know.<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; which GPU card?<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; whats your xorg.conf have for loading the nvidia driver?<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; does the issue occur when you playback 1080i content at 1/2 size?
<br>&gt; &gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; --<br>&gt; &gt; &gt; Steve<br><br>I've seen this before, I think it was on an oooooold nvidia card as well. xv<br>couldn't handle resizing the video smaller for whatever reason (I was way too
<br>newbie in linux to have figured it out) and would tear the video. I would try<br>a new card with more memory perhaps?<br><br>--<br>Steve<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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