[mythtv-users] New nVidia 169.07 and interlace changes?

Bryan Murphy bryan.murphy at gmail.com
Fri Dec 21 00:09:23 UTC 2007


My Mac Book Pro has an NVIDIA chipset.  When I plugged it into my HD
CRT (via HDMI) it just worked and looked great.  It's clearly possible
for the NVIDIA cards to output great video to an HDTV via HDMI.
NVIDIA just has to actually care, and so far my experience with the
NVIDIA TV-out on Linux has been that they don't really care.

Maybe this is the wind of change?  Maybe not, I'm not holding my breath. :)

Bryan

On Dec 20, 2007 5:53 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow...check this announcement on the nVidia site:
>
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104706
>
> ...especially this note:
>
> "Improved support for interlaced DVI, HDMI, and HDTV modesetting."
>
> I usually wait until the drivers hit Gentoo portage before installing
> them, so I'm not sure when I'll get to try that.
>
> My big question is just what that statement means about interlaced
> DVI.  I'm hoping this might actually mean a fix for the age old
> interlace tearing issues, but they may just mean the issues with
> built-in HD modes not working (requiring custom mode lines).  the fact
> that is specifically says 'modesetting' makes me leery that it may
> only mean the latter.
>
> If anyone gets to try it before me (especially those with interlaced
> displays that currently have to use de-interlacing) please report
> back.
>
> Got my fingers crossed on that one.  That'd be huge for sure.
>
> Tom
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