[mythtv-users] Enabling Xv on ATI HD 3200

Paul Gardiner lists at glidos.net
Mon Apr 27 08:15:34 UTC 2009


Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com 
> <mailto:t004 at kbocek.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Eric Holt wrote:
> 
>         Kirk, can you report back about if you are seeing any tearing or
>         not?  I purchased some new hardware about 8mo ago with that same
>         onboard graphics card to upgrade my Myth box with, and had to
>         abandon the idea because I could never get proper playback
>         without tearing.  Last time I tried (January-ish), I was still
>         seeing tearing with the 'fglrx' driver.  So I'm curious to
>         see/hear if its improved.
> 
> 
>     Funny you bring this up. Yes, I am seeing some tearing but only in
>     high-motion transitions. It was the next thing I was going to
>     tackle. Just frustrating that Myth always seems to have "just one
>     more thing..."
> 
> 
> The typical path for a person with ATI graphics who cares about tearing 
> is to pull their hair out trying everything under the sun, then finally 
> give up and throw in an nvidia card.  In the meantime, they keep a 
> futile eye on Catalyst release notes, hoping that the linux vsync issues 
> will someday get resolved.  I'm sure if that ever happens, we will hear 
> about it right away on this list.
> 
> Jim (sad owner of 2 HD3200 motherboards)

Have you tried the radeon driver (not radeonhd) lately? That's what I
use for an integrated X1250. I've heard HD3200 is supported. I get
no problems with sync. Even handles interlaced display modes correctly.

Cheers,
	Paul.



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