Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-21 Thread Peter Judge
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 21:41 -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 09:46:49PM -0700, Blair wrote: > > it is definatley a widescreen. 6600GT wants a 1920x1440 to output 1080i > > and > > an 800x600 to output 480i. virtual screen size as reported by X for 1080i > > is > > 1920x14

Re: PS- Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-15 Thread Brian Foddy
Not to mention, I think these cards have full MPEG decoding built in, but its not available from the current LInux driver. AFAIK anyway... Brian On Tuesday 15 February 2005 12:13 am, Blair wrote: > True. Just keep in mind that nVidia only has designed "initial" ( read > "basic" ) support for this

Re: PS- Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
True. Just keep in mind that nVidia only has designed "initial" ( read "basic" ) support for this card in their current linux drivers (6629). My TV only recognizes 480i and 1080i so I use those. I do not currently have access to any of the deinterlacing features "Built In" to the chip set. I

Re: PS- Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
Agreed. I would never want a TVOne for exactly that reason. It is unnecessary given what the card already does for me, which gets back to the original point of this spin for getting the card (6600GT) given the availalble alternatives to accomplish the same thing without the need to week model

Re: PS- Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Foddy
On Monday 14 February 2005 11:15 pm, Blair wrote: > Just in case; > > Hey Brad, It just occurred to me that folks might not realize that with > this latest generation of nVidia Cards, a new set of TV formats have been > implemented as options for the TV Out port on the cards. You may now do > stuff

Re: PS- Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:15:28PM -0700, Blair wrote: > Just in case; > > Hey Brad, It just occurred to me that folks might not realize that with this > latest generation of nVidia Cards, a new set of TV formats have been > implemented as options for the TV Out port on the cards. You may now do

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 09:46:49PM -0700, Blair wrote: > it is definatley a widescreen. 6600GT wants a 1920x1440 to output 1080i and > an 800x600 to output 480i. virtual screen size as reported by X for 1080i is > 1920x1440 and 2306x1024 when I run in dual head mode with the nVidia set to > out

PS- Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
Just in case; Hey Brad, It just occurred to me that folks might not realize that with this latest generation of nVidia Cards, a new set of TV formats have been implemented as options for the TV Out port on the cards. You may now do stuff like; Option "TVStandard" "HD480i" or Option "TVStanda

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
Oops, got x and y backwards on my last message. Dyslexic speed typing,...sorry On Monday 14 February 2005 21:25, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:36:41PM -0700, Blair wrote: > > 1920x1080, the COMPONENT input on the TV down converts it to the TV's > > Native resolution (which i

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
it is definatley a widescreen. 6600GT wants a 1920x1440 to output 1080i and an 800x600 to output 480i. virtual screen size as reported by X for 1080i is 1920x1440 and 2306x1024 when I run in dual head mode with the nVidia set to output 480i. I have very little doubt that this is being managed

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
While I don't know much about how myth works internally as I've only been using it for about 6 weeks, I can offer the following observations on this problem; 1. These Prebuffering pause loops occur for me on both live TV and while watching recordings. 2. I can often break the loops by pausing

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:36:41PM -0700, Blair wrote: > 1920x1080, the COMPONENT input on the TV down converts it to the TV's Native > resolution (which is really EDTV at 852x480, it's an old Panasonic > CT-34WX50). Still, the input expects to see the signal in its native (close > to native) f

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blammo
I'm going to start a new thread, since this isn't JUST an XvMC problem, at least in my case.. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:37:16 -0700, Blammo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, couple of things: > > 1. The XvMC lockups, at least on my machine, seem to happen with the > fading of the OSD. 100% of the t

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blammo
Ok, couple of things: 1. The XvMC lockups, at least on my machine, seem to happen with the fading of the OSD. 100% of the time. 2. I'm getting lockups from the "prebuffering" even with XvMC off... :( I'm going to try the audio patch suggested in another thread, and see what happens.

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
Oh it's definately not a "native" 1920x1440 monitor. But the 1080i spec is 1920x1080, the COMPONENT input on the TV down converts it to the TV's Native resolution (which is really EDTV at 852x480, it's an old Panasonic CT-34WX50). Still, the input expects to see the signal in its native (close

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:17:26PM -0700, Blair wrote: > On Monday 14 February 2005 19:53, Brad Templeton wrote: > I'm just outputing 1920x1440 (a native X modeline) and letting X take care of > it for me. Haven't been tweeking though maybe I should? I've just been > letting the X virtual windo

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brian Foddy
On Monday 14 February 2005 09:11 pm, Blammo wrote: > Just found this off the archives... any change this has something to > do with our issue?? > > > quote > The biggest XvMC problem I've seen when seeking is caused by the > fading OSD. I got into the habit for a while of hitting esc quickly > aft

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
On Monday 14 February 2005 19:53, Brad Templeton wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:39:54PM -0700, Blair wrote: > > I strongly suspect it is the Component out processing and the Component > > input itself that is reducing the artifacts, I get some of them back if I > > go to an SVIDEO ouput on the

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blammo
Just found this off the archives... any change this has something to do with our issue?? quote The biggest XvMC problem I've seen when seeking is caused by the fading OSD. I got into the habit for a while of hitting esc quickly after a seek (which keeps the OSD from fading out) and things worked

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 07:39:54PM -0700, Blair wrote: > I strongly suspect it is the Component out processing and the Component input > itself that is reducing the artifacts, I get some of them back if I go to an > SVIDEO ouput on the same card. I suppose it's possible (probably likely) > tha

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
I strongly suspect it is the Component out processing and the Component input itself that is reducing the artifacts, I get some of them back if I go to an SVIDEO ouput on the same card. I suppose it's possible (probably likely) that nVidia is doing some additional processing of this signal.

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:19:01PM -0700, Blair wrote: > FYI: nVidia 6600GT > > I picked up a 6600GT myself. Primary reasoning was to get the COMPONENT > output to drive my older HDTV without the need to purchase an external scan > converter. Cost of the alternative configuration was close eno

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blair
FYI: nVidia 6600GT I picked up a 6600GT myself. Primary reasoning was to get the COMPONENT output to drive my older HDTV without the need to purchase an external scan converter. Cost of the alternative configuration was close enough that it was worth it to me. HDTV Processing is not a signif

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Blammo
I'm having this problem as well, and am wondering what the most useful debug information to provide would be, to help resolve this problem. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:10:21 -0800, Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:39:22AM -0600, Neil wrote: > > Brad Templeton wr

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:39:22AM -0600, Neil wrote: > Brad Templeton writes: > > > >On Athlon-3000s people typically see about 80% usage. On P4-3ghz we see > >more like 55% usage but that number is probably a touch misleading > >due to hyperthreading. > > > Hi Brad, > > Just curious since I

Re: [mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Aran Cox
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:39:22AM -0600, Neil wrote: > Brad Templeton writes: > > > >On Athlon-3000s people typically see about 80% usage. On P4-3ghz we see > >more like 55% usage but that number is probably a touch misleading > >due to hyperthreading. > > > Hi Brad, > > Just curious since I

[mythtv-users] Re: XvMC and Prebuffering Pauses

2005-02-14 Thread Neil
Brad Templeton writes: On Athlon-3000s people typically see about 80% usage. On P4-3ghz we see more like 55% usage but that number is probably a touch misleading due to hyperthreading. Hi Brad, Just curious since I bought an Athlon 64 3000+ cpu. I'm also waiting for my 6600 GT nvidia graphics