[mythtv-users] Scanlines when Panning on Regular TV

[Matt Gibson]

So yeah, Got the Nvidia card in the mail today.

Hooked it up, recompiled with nvidia/xvmc, all is working like 1000's
of times better than it was before. No crazy menu settings, no
tearing, opengl menus, etc. Yay for nvidia.

Thanks for the help anyway, but for historical sake, if you're
debating with ATI for mythtv, or an nvidia, I'd go with nvidia cause
it's far more simple (I was trying ati 9800 aiw/fglrx)

Thanks!
Matt Gibson


On 05/02/07, Matt Gibson <diwelf at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am still having issues with this..
>
> I just bought a nvidia 5200 for 10$ off ebay. Hopefully that will
> solve my issues. Stupid ATI! :)
>
> I'll post an update if the tearing still exists with the nvidia.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Gibson
>
>
> On 04/02/07, Matt Gibson <diwelf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Again,
> >
> > Sorry about the delayed response. I decided I would upgrade Gentoo +
> > MYTH SVN, and well to say the least that caused a bit of problems.
> > Things were crashing, mythvideo wouldn't work, etc. Finally found out
> > it was because gcc was upgraded to gcc 4 when fglrx drivers require
> > (were compiled against) gcc 3 with stdc 5.
> >
> > Long story short, re-emerged gcc 3, and am using it as the default
> > compiler now instead of 4, and now everything is working again.
> >
> > So, back to the original question. I am using RTC method for the
> > video, and I have set both the mythtv and mythfrontent chmod +s.
> >
> > I followed the tutorial to add a new sysctl option, which I had set as
> > the default of 64, this has since been upped to 1024 and then again to
> > 2048, but I still see the tearing.
> >
> > echo "dev.rtc.max-user-freq = 2048" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
> >
> > I don't know if opengl is working. Last time I tried to set the menus
> > to opengl, instead of qt, i got segfaults all over the place.
> >
> > Would I be better off to screw all this and sell the video card the
> > system has in it now, and get myself a Nvidia 5200 based card instead?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt Gibson
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 02/02/07, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 02/02/07, Matt Gibson <diwelf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Nick,
> > > >
> > > > I'm outputting to a TV, not a monitor (CRT TV). Will that still play a
> > > > factor here, I notice that page only mentions "PC MONITOR".
> > >
> > > Outputting to an interlaced display device can cause additional issues
> > > which I referred to as interlacing artefacts (you can see these in the
> > > links Osma provided also). Deinterlacing all video output is a quick
> > > way to reduce or eliminate these, but by using a proper interlaced
> > > modeline it is possible to output interlaced video from your machine
> > > to your TV and get a stable picture. My PVR-350 capture card produces
> > > flawless interlaced output, which is not so easy with my old Radeon
> > > card.
> > >
> > > > That image in the link referring to tearing, is exactly what I am seeing.
> > > >
> > > > Where do I check the option to find out what timing method I am using?
> > > > I can't seem to find it in the myth menus. I believe I'm using RTC
> > > > method right now, but assume I should check out the video card (DRI)
> > > > method instead.
> > >
> > > Frontend setup TV playback settings. If you have a working OpenGL
> > > installation you might want to use OpenGL vertical syncing as your
> > > timing timing method. Your frontend logfile will tell you which method
> > > is actually being used.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > > --
> > > MythTV Official wiki:
> > > http://mythtv.org/wiki/
> > > MythTV users list archive:
> > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users
> > >
> > > "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin
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