[mythtv-users] motion blur with Bob, XvMC (nvidia) on 1080i content run at 576i

[David Schlenk]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Misty P <mistyp at thekorn.net> wrote:
> David Schlenk wrote:
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Misty P <mistyp at thekorn.net> wrote:
>>> David Schlenk wrote:
>>>> OK, so, if my TV can't support something that would make bob work,
>>>> and onefield isn't supported by XvMC, what can I do? Am I nuts or
>>>> do I remember there being other options pre-.21? Or does mythbuntu
>>>> only have onefield and bob?
>>>
>>> It's XvMC...  once XvMC is in the mix, bob is your only option.
>>> (Other than "none", I guess.)  If you switch back to Xv, then you'll
>>> see everything else (yadif, greedy, etc.).
>>
>> Ah, makes sense. OK, so since my crappy TV is pretty much
>> undocumented, how would I go about figuring out what it can handle?
>> nvidia-settings comes into play here maybe?
>
> Not in front of a machine right now, so not sure if nvidia-settings would do
> it.
>
> I'd look through /var/log/Xorg.0.log , looking for EDID information.
> (hopefully your television is sending an EDID!)
>
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This is all I get from the nvidia driver in the Xorg log:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NvAGP" "1"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVStandard" "HD576i"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPONENT"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOverScan" "0.4"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "XvMCUsesTextures" "false"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseEvents" "true"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(0): Forcing COMPONENT output
(**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "HD576i"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Use of NVIDIA internal AGP requested
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.07.51
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: NVIDIA
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: TV-0
(==) NVIDIA(0):
(==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
(==) NVIDIA(0):
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768
(++) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (100, 100); computed from -dpi X commandline option
(WW) NVIDIA(0): 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals require the Composite extension.
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Disabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX

What I'd like to know more about is the nvidia-auto-select - can I get
a listing of the various modes it has to choose from? I tried the
google but didn't find anything.