[mythtv-users] Can't playback using 1080i TV-Out

Henry A Harper III hah at alumni.rice.edu
Mon Sep 25 20:38:10 UTC 2006


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Justin The Cynical
> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:31 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] Can't playback using 1080i TV-Out
> >
> >
> > I have been looking at getting a new display/television that has a
> > native 1080 resolution.  So, I thought that I would be smart and make
> > sure my current myth system can deal with the added data to
> pump out the
> > video card.
> >
> > Current setup:
> > 4:3 projection set with the ability to accept a 1080i signal
> > MSI fanless AGP GeForce 6200 with component video out,
> currently using a
> > 480i TV-Out signal
> > system resolution is set at 800x600
> > Myth .19 fixes, rev 0.19.20060121-2
> > Nvidia 8774
> > Using XvMC
> > Screen settings does not have "Use GUI size for TV playback" checked
> >
> > I am able to watch HD programming with the system scaling the HD feed
> > down to fit.
> >
> > However, when I set everything to 1080 (TV-Out to 1080i and X
> resolution
> > to 1920x1080), the frontend works until I try to play any videos.  The
> > screen goes blank and the frontend hangs, requiring me to reboot the
> > machine to get it back under control.  I tried leaving the screen
> > resolution alone but setting the TV-Out to 1080, same results.
> >
> > The frontend log is as follows:
> [snippage]
> >
> >Any ideas?  I'm stumped since I am using TV-Out now, just changing the
> >resolution shouldn't cause this.
>
> In your nvidia-settings X Server XVideo settings tab, are both of
> the "sync to vblank" boxes UN-checked? This was the key for me -
> I am using 1080i TV-out on a 7600GS w/8774 & XvMC to a 48" RPTV
> (WS-48311).
>
> Henry

Also, I needed a "nvidia-settings --load-config-only &" in my startup script
before mythfrontend gets started in order to avoid re-experiencing this
after each reboot.

Henry



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