[mythtv-users] Problems with 1920x1080 display

Jurgen Kramer gtm.kramer at inter.nl.net
Wed Feb 8 20:15:20 UTC 2006


On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 10:58 -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> 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.

I am using the latest, version 8178. I have OpenGL vsync turned off, It
won't work properly. I really hope nvidia comes with an updated version
soon...
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Drew
> 



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