[mythtv-users] Video quality on 0.28 worse than it was on 0.21

[Allen Edwards]

I don't think the nvidia drivers are getting loaded and I can't figure out
how to get them used.  I uninstalled them and installed them using the
Other Drivers section and still I get this:

*allen at MythNew:~$ lsmod | grep video*
*video                  40960  1 nouveau*
*allen at MythNew:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia*
*allen at MythNew:~$*
allen at MythNew:~$ lsmod | grep NVIDIA
allen at MythNew:~$


I know the board is recognized

*allen at MythNew:~$ lspci | egrep -i nvidia*
*01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200
LE] (rev a1)*

Google is good at showing me others who had this problem but not at a
solution that I can use. Most suggest using commands that I don't have.

Anyone?

Allen


On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I made the change to xorg.conf and it made no difference.
>
> Also, what's with this?
> *sudo: nvidia-xconfig: command not found*
>
> Might be part of the problem.
>
> Again, everything is the same between the 8.04 disk and the 16.04 disk
> except the nvidia support software doesn't run and the driver is much newer
> (304 vs 180).
>
> When I run nvidia-settings from a terminal on the computer I get this:
>
> *$nvidia-settings*
> *ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system*
>
> Alen
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 08/23/2018 12:33 PM, Allen Edwards wrote:
>>
>>> Using the same settings on the new 16.04 install I have bad tearing when
>>> the boards pan on Jeopardy where I did not on 8.04.  As far as I can tell,
>>> everything is the same. I still have the 8.04 HD, which has serious issues
>>> but will play so I am able to compare the silky smooth performance of 0.21
>>> to the jerky performance of 0.28
>>>
>>> With Nvidia it helps to turn off composite to prevent tearing.
>> sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite
>> or else add this to your xorg.conf.
>> Section "Extensions"
>>     Option             "Composite" "Disable"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Note that turning off composite prevents Ubuntu unity desktop from
>> working. I use xubuntu to avoid that problem.
>>
>> Most things are the same as described below.  The differences are that I
>>> am aware of are that the new driver is 304 (which I confirmed is in use
>>> with additional-drivers) and the 8.04 system used 180.
>>>
>>> The other difference is that on the 16.04 system the nvidia-settings
>>> icon does not launch anything. It is just like clicking on air. I Googled
>>> this and found several people with the same problem and nobody with an
>>> answer.  Maybe the problems are related
>>>
>>> The hardware is a M3A with AMI 5400, Geforce 6200 LE video card.
>>>
>>> I put the same xorg.conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf
>>>
>>> I created the same custom playback profile
>>> If rez > 0 0 -> ffmpeg & XVideo
>>> xv-blit softblend
>>> Bob(2x) Linear blend
>>>
>>>
>> For general picture quality you would do better to use VDPAU slim
>> playback profile if possible, or failing that, use OpenGL Slim.
>>
>> I have dual displays only one has myth.  Here is its xorg.conf section
>>> from the 2008 file I transferred over to the new disk.  I rebooted after
>>> loading the xorg.conf file
>>>
>>> Section "Screen"
>>>         Identifier      "Screen1"
>>>         Device          "Videocard1"
>>>         Monitor         "MythMonitor"
>>>         Option          "TwinView"      "0"
>>>         Option          "metamodes"     "DFP: 1280x720_60 +0+0"
>>>         Option          "AddARGBGLXVisuals"     "True"
>>>         # this next line will be ignored with the TV and the default,
>>> auto will be used
>>>         SubSection "Display"
>>>                 Depth   24
>>>         EndSubSection
>>>         Defaultdepth    24
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>>
>>> This list has been tremendously helpful on my other problems so I am
>>> hopeful I don't have to go back to 8.04 although at this point I can make a
>>> case for doing that.
>>>
>>> Allen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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