[mythtv-users] HDTV MythTV parts list

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 14 September 2005 14:59, Brandon Beattie wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:52:34PM -0400, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 September 2005 05:45 pm, Brandon Beattie wrote:
> > > Just to help spread the word, stay away from the NVidia 6xxx and 7xxx
> > > series video cards -- they do not support XV Video Overlay anymore.
> > > NVidia only supports VMR overlay on the 6xxx and 7xxx (newer) cards
> > > which is to replace XV Video Overlay, but there's no support for it
> >
> > Not true at all.
> >
> > Xv is not _just_ the video overlay.  If you're getting tearing, turn on
> > the 'Sync to VBlank' options in the XVideo settings in the
> > nvidia-settings app.
> >
> > Myth uses the 'video texture adapter' by default on these newer boards,
> > and the only thing missing is support for adjusting the
> > contrast/brightness/etc through Xv.  No tearing, performance is exactly
> > the same as with older hardware, and there's no colorkey to show up at
> > odd times. =)
> >
> > I have a 6600gt in my dev box, and it has absolutely no problem playing
> > HD video.
>
> Interesting.  Maybe we could all use a little teaching.  Is the video
> texture adapter part of VMR, or is the video texture adapter part of a
> GL surface that the video is played on?  Most of us know that overlay is
> important for keeping smooth video when video's pan and so on.
[...]

Was gonna say... I'm pushing my 1080p LCD via DVI from a 6200, no problems 
whatsoever with either 1080i or 720p playback (and no sw deint filters at 
all, yay!). Sync to VBlank was definitely key here too, forgot to turn that 
on at first and was slightly befuddled for a bit.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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