[mythtv-users] Weird coloured lines pattern with ATI Radeon 9800SE

[Steven Adeff]

On 8/8/06, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Aug 8, 2006, at 9:20 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>
> > On 8/8/06, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> >>  On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:19 AM, jonny Linux wrote:
> >> On 8/8/06, Rick Sauer <mantarogue at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> She's dead... wrapped in plastic. :)
> >>
> >> Yes, I thought so too, although it seems to be OK so far this
> >> morning (about
> >> 1 hour of light mythtv and web browsing so far). I've had this
> >> problem a few
> >> times over the last 3 months, but never as bad as yesterday. I
> >> might go and
> >> buy a new card (probably an NVidia 6600).
> >>
> >> I just got an NVidia 6600 to replace my FX5200  which wasn't happy
> >> with my
> >> 1080p display. My machine seems very happy now with the latest
> >> drivers.
> >
> > Brad, what issue did your 5200 have with 1080p? I've got one running
> > my 1080i CRT but my apt-mate just bought that HP 1080p tv and right
> > now I notice a weird line near the top of the output in 1080i,
> > wondering if I may need to look for a 6600...
>
> 5200 didn't have a Dual-Link DVI port on it. Just a single link DVI.
> In order to get 1080p, you need dual-link. 1080i should be ok,
> though. When I tried 1080p with the 5200 it had some crazy visuals
> (not sure how to describe it) on the left side of the screen and in
> high-contrast areas. Switching to the 1080i port on the display fixed
> it.
>
> The line you're getting at the top - is it just in recordings or all
> the time? If it's just when you're viewing recordings at the very
> top, set your overscan in myth to 1 or 2 percent in all directions.
> It's just garbage from the broadcast. I've had to do that on my HD
> recordings and now I can't see it.

its more of a slight tearing, I get it with avi(xvid) files but not
mpeg2 files (not using XvMC), i really don't understand why, I think
it may be due to Xv scaling. I notice it with this card on my 21"
monitor as well. It sounds like I'll need a new video card anyway for
the Dual-Link DVI port since I know this card doesn't have it.
-- 
Steve
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