[mythtv-users] Problems with 1920x1080 display

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 2/8/2006 9:35 AM Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 09:52 -0500, Patrick A. Ouellette wrote:
>   
>> Is anyone else experiencing this?  If I set my X resolution to 1920x1080
>> on my combined frontend/backend, mythfrontend starts fine (displays the 
>> menu, you can make selections, etc.), but when I attempt to watch a
>> recording or live tv the system hangs and has to be reset.  If I have 
>> the resolution set at 720x480 everything works fine (those are the 2 
>> resolutions my display supports).
>>     
>
> Yep, same problem here. Both mythvideo and mplayer make X consume 100%
> CPU. Not even a CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE will help. Running at 720p works
> perfectly. I tryd using 1080i, maybe X/the nvidia driver has a problem
> with interlacing?
>   

Which nvidia driver are you using?  There have been many posts about 
nvidia driver versions greater than 7676 causing issues with OpenGL vsync.

HTH,

Drew

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