[mythtv-users] Tips on getting FE working completely

[Andrew Leech]

The first thing to check is the playback settings in Mythfrontend.

In Settings, there should be a setup wizard for playback to easily let 
you try different drivers (opengl, xv etc) to see which ones work best. 
Deinterlacing settings will make a big difference here too.
Also go to settings -> TV settings -> Playback to see which 
drivers/deinterlacers are currently in use.

All the best,
Andrew


On 17/01/13 10:11 AM, Chuck Olson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get a Myth setup working and I'm almost there, but need 
> a little help. I have a backend (Mythbuntu w/Myth 0.25) up and running 
> and recording. I can watch live TV and recorded TV on the backend 
> machine fine on the monitor I have attached. I am recording shows off 
> my antenna only (no cable, satellite, etc.) and I'm in Illinois.
>
> I'm working on a frontend (also Mythbuntu w/Myth 0.25). It's an 
> ancient Dell 8200 (1.2GHz, 512MB I believe) and I put an old GeForce 
> fx5200 card in it. I will never watch HD content with this FE, only SD 
> using the S-video output on the card. I installed the latest 173 
> nvidia driver for the fx5200 and mythfrontend comes up just fine. I 
> can watch "old" shows on the FE-attached monitor (I have not tackled 
> TV-out yet), but not "new" shows. By "old", I mean shows that were 
> originally broadcast years ago (like Barney Miller, Mary Tyler Moore, 
> etc.), presumably in much lower definition. By "new", I mean any 
> recently produced show like sports and modern sitcoms.
>
> When I try to watch the newer shows, the video is very choppy along 
> with the sound. With this in mind, I have a couple questions:
>
> 1. Even though my FE setup is ancient, should it still have enough 
> horsepower to be able to display SD content as I wish?
> 2. If the answer to 1. is Yes, what should I start looking at to fix 
> the stuttering? I have held off on messing with the xorg.conf, but is 
> it time to bite into that?
> 3. Reading through many earlier posts leads me to believe the fx5200 
> is a stinker to configure properly in xorg.conf. Does anyone have a 
> working xorg.conf that works with this card that does SD and TV-out?
>
> Thanks for any help you could provide,
>
> Chuck
>
>
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