[mythtv-users] 1080i content and xv

[Chris Ribe]

Neither of them worked, unfortunately.

Using the nv driver resulted in a slightly different version of the same
problem.

Perhaps it is a peculiarity in the transport stream from the cable box,
perhaps a newer video card would help.  I guess I'll just keep plugging away
and see if I can figure something out.  Thanks for your help.

On 1/11/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
> On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I need a little hand holding here.
> >
> > I assume I can unload the nVidia driver by issuing
> >
> > #modprobe -r /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4smp/updates/drivers/
> > video/nvidia/nvidia-1_0-7676.ko
>
> Or just "rmmod nvidia", "lsmod" will tell you if it's still there or
> not.
> >
> > but loading the nv driver, I'm not so sure about.
> >
> > Can I just replace the
> >
> > Driver "nvidia" line in xorg.conf with, Driver "xv" and restart x?
>
> Yes, normally, but I have heard tell of nVidia setups where it still
> loads nVidia even if you do that. The actual X server is an
> executable usually linked to "X" (note the cap) someplace like /usr/
> X11R6/bin (seems like everybody puts it in a different place.
>
> That should be "nv" not "xv", I'm assuming that was a typo. "xv" is
> something completely different.
>
> My guess is that if commenting out "load glx" does not work then
> loading "nv" instead of nvidia will not work either, but you never know.
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