[mythtv-users] MythTV shows split screen when playing back or watching TV

[Chris Jones]

On 01/22/2011 03:53 PM, Alex Butcher wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Chris Jones wrote:
>
>> I am using MythTV 0.24 on a Fedora 14 box. My video card is an ATI 
>> Radeon 2600. I have recently upgraded to Fedora 14 and since then, 
>> whenever I try and watch TV, the display shows a double image one 
>> above the other within the screen. My monitor which is an HPL2045W is 
>> configured in Fedora to display at 1600x1050.
>
> I've seen all sorts of weirdness when trying to use Radeon cards for 
> Xvideo
> output. Which driver and version are you using? Have you tried the
> proprietary ATI Catalyst drivers? Have you tried different deinterlacer
> settings? Have you tried different Video Renderers (e.g. Xv, OpenGL, 
> XvMC,
> etc)?
I did recently install the ATI Catalyst drivers. This solved another 
problem with screen resolution on my monitor.
>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this issue?
>
> My experiments made me swear off ATI cards in favour of nVidia for the
> forseeable. :-(
>
I will bear your advice in mind.

> Best Regards,
> Alex
>
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