[mythtv-users] ATI Radeon 9600 / MythTV Issue

Rick Stone rhadenstone at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 07:07:36 UTC 2006


I have a 9600 in my Myth box.  I was running Ubuntu Dapper and Myth .19, and
upgraded to .20.  After a few weeks of running .20, things started falling
apart (lirc stopped responding, and then there was a unrecoverable -- within
my scope of knowledge -- mysql problem).

I decided to load Edgy and Myth .20 from the repos.  The install went fairly
smooth, but I canNOT seem to get video to display correctly on my TV.  I
have an older CRT television.  When I use my VERY old LCD for setup, I can
get it to work perfectly, but when I unplug and reboot (as I used to before
reinstalling) I can't get video to display correctly.  The desktop looks
fine, but when I play video with Xv enabled (either through Myth or Totem)
it looks as if the aspect ratio has doubled in length and I only get to see
the top half stretched to fill the screen.  When I turn Xv off, I get video
fine through Totem, but with the internal Myth player the aspect ratio is
adjusted to fit into 4:3 and the normal adjustment doesn't do anything to
the video.

Any ideas or help?   Yes, I know, I should trash the old ATI card and get an
Nvidia, but I'm trying to save some cash.  Especially when everything worked
"fine" before I reinstalled.

Thanks.
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