[mythtv-users] mythtv, hd, nvidia, oh my!

[Michael Wisniewski]

I'm sorry, I failed to mention that the avi plays just fine on hd480i.

Either way, I'll try VLC and see what happens.


Thanks!

On 11/1/06, jack snodgrass <mrlinuxgroups at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/1/06, Michael Wisniewski <wiz561 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> >    Alright, I'm about hitting my head against the wall now!  I just
> plugged
> > in my GeForce 7300 card to do HD video.  The machine is a beefy box
> (amd64,
> > dual core) so I thought it could handle it.  I'm struggling trying to
> get
> > the hd part to work.
> >
> >     My first problem is hd1080i.  Whenever I set that in xorg, the menus
> > blur when I flip around and everything is
> blurry/flickering/jittery.  BTW,
> > I'm connecting it to the tv via component cables and i'm not setting the
> > refresh rates or anything like that in my xorg.conf file.
> >
> >     Now my second delimma.  Jittery/flickering menus aside, if I try to
> > watch live tv or play a video, I hear about a half a second of sound and
> > then that's it.  Looking through the mythfrontend log file, I get this
> error
> > message.  I haven't dug really deep in google yet for it, but just
> > frustrated and would like something to work!
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Mike
> >
>
> Not sure how much help it is, but the first thing I'd do is take a
> .mpg HD recorded show and try playing it with vlc, mplayer or
> xine. See if it's a problem with the .mpg or if it's a problem
> with mythfrontend. I have a similar setup to yours but I only
> use vlc to play back my myth recorded stuff. I use alsa
> surround sound and that won't play on the myth frontend.
> I use vlc and select 5.1 to play the surround sound track.
> Anyway... see if its a mythfront end issue or if it's an issue
> with the .mpg file. Might help debug....
>
> jack
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