[mythtv-users] The 1080i saga

[Scott]

On May 20, 2006, at 8:03 AM, Jonathan Rogers wrote:
> I'm currently using a Radeon 8500. It works with either X.org's free
> "radeon" driver or ATI's proprietary "fglrx" driver. The  
> proprietary one
> uses less CPU time, a commodity that sometimes runs out, but it  
> doesn't
> handle Bob deinterlace and zooming correctly. The free driver works
> flawlessly as long as the CPU can keep up. I've also tried a Radeon
> 9000. It works with either driver, but has a big pink rectangle on the
> right side of the screen when playing 1080i, which seems to  
> indicate its
> overlay can't handle video that big.

This is interesting news to me. The pink-rectangle is something I see  
as well on a RV280 9200 SE card using the radeon xorg driver. I was  
under the impression that all ATI cards had this issue but it's good  
to know that at least some ATI card / driver combos don't have this  
issue.

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Scott <catfather at donpoo.net>
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