[mythtv-users] Merge of OSD and Main themes causes WAFto Plummet

[Andre]

On 27 Feb 2011, at 19:51, Scott & Nicole Harris wrote:

>>> On 02/27/2011 06:13 AM, Andre wrote:
>>>> The only theme I've seen which is in any way different in the ways that 
>>>> matter to me is Arclight, unfortunately it's missing important (to me) 
>>>> infomation in the recordings view and is generally very dark, especially 
>>>> a problem when the theme is rendered at full range rgb on a display that 
>>>> only accepts studio range, the darker parts are crushed into black, 
>>>> Mythbuntu suffers in the same way.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Both MythTV /and/ the nvidia drivers contain settings for enabling
>>> studio levels.  Configure your system correctly and Arclight's OSD is
>>> beautiful.
> 
>> I've not found any way to set this in Myth, I know about the setting in the 
>> latest Nvidia drivers but I'm still running v 256 due to instability in 
>> v260.
> 
>> I agree it looks great, that's why I'm using it.
> 
>> Andre
> 
> Utilities / Setup > Setup > TV Settings > Playback > Playback Profiles (page 
> 3) > "Edit" on each of the configurations > Page 2 > add "vpdaustudio" to 
> "Custom Filters" (this is a comma delimited list)

For video playback yes, I know but it doesn't affect theme rendering.

I only started using myth frontend when this setting was added, before then video was unwatchable on my display.

I hadn't realised about theme rendering levels until the Nvidia drivers gave me a desktop (and therefore myth theme) in YCrCb or studio RGB, then I saw there was subtlety and detail in the Arclight shadows, before I thought everything was just black and the font rendering was poor.

I just upgraded to nvidia 260.19.36 to give it a try and the YCrCb/RGB setting is no longer there!

Andre