Its a nVirda MX 4400 I have. Do you recon going to XFree86 is the way forward or did you solve it another way?
Ben On 11/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 12:04:53PM +0000, Ben Edwards wrote: > > Have managed to get my mythtv box to scan channels and previously > > managed to watch live tv with mplayer however now when I either try to > > play live TV or watch a previously recorded video the screen goes > > blank and the box seems to hang (well I cant do ctl+alt+f1 etc. to get > > another console). > > My desktop machine started doing that after I upgraded from xfree86 to > xorg. I could still watch the archived shows using mplayer but myth > causes the box to lock up so hard it won't even accept a ping. I think > the problem is a device driver incompatibility as xorg is lagging behind > xfree86 in that department. Specifically, my box has a Radeon 9600 > which is explicitly not supported (yet) by the xorg ati/radeon driver. > The mplayer command line allows you to specify which driver to use for > output, so I can select a non-accelerated driver and watch shows at a > lower frame-rate or in a smaller window. I can only assume that Myth is > seeing the detected hardware and calling on a feature that isn't > implimented. > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- Ben Edwards - Bristol, UK, England WARNING:This email contained partisan views - dont ever accuse me of using the veneer of objectivity If you have a problem emailing me use http://www.gurtlush.org.uk/profiles.php?uid=4 (email address this email is sent from may be defunct) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
