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Installation issues / Re: 0710 Beta3 issues...

« on: February 13, 2008, 06:39:45 pm »

See: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers#LinuxMCE_keeps_reconfiguring_my_display_settings about that problem.

Thanks for the link. I have tried my modelines succesfully now. But the video playbacked still has the frame tearing issue. Windhoos doesn't have this problem with the same hardware 

I like LinuxMce and i want it to be perfect, but with this video tearing it is not usefull for me. Please HELP!

OK. I managed it with some modeline changes in xorg.conf to get no frame tearing with UI1. But with "UI2 medium" there is still frame tearing. I want to if I will be able to use UI2 when i buy a new/better graphic card? If yes... which NVidia graphic card is tested as good with UI2 on 720p or 1080p?

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Installation issues / Re: 0710 Beta3 issues...

« on: February 12, 2008, 08:04:06 pm »

Thx for the mem tip.

The mem in use is around 300 Mb while playing a DVD so I think this is fine cause the MD has a lot more of memory.

I found another strange thing happening. I wanted to try 1080p on this MD so i did the following :

- Changed in the webadmin the value "video settings" to "1920 1080/50"
- Changed in the webadmin the value "TV standard" to "1080p"
- Changed in xorg.conf the "Modeline" to "Modeline        "1920x1080" 148.500 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1116 1121 1125 +hsync +vsync"

This modeline is the recommended modeline for 1920/1080@50 for my Toshiba 42z303d TV.

After a restart of the MD there is no picture at all, when i opened again the xorg.conf something changed my modeline to this values :

Modeline        "1920x1080"     143.55 1920 1952 2596 2528    1080 1103 1112 1135

it also changed the HorizSync en Refresh to other values.

How is this happening and what to do about it? Maybe if i can change the modeline to what the TV wants the tearing will resolve.

(Already found another topic about the modeline setting, will try that later hope it will help)

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Installation issues / Re: 0710 Beta3 issues...

« on: February 11, 2008, 08:19:27 pm »

How is the load on the CPU and memory?  And I'm assuming the media is stored locally so we could rule out the network.

When i play a DVD form the the local dvd-rom player the cpu load is between 2% and 8%.

The mem used when beginning to play the dvd was 800Mb ater 15 minutes the system has 1100Mb used. Is this growth normal?

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Installation issues / Re: 0710 Beta3 issues...

« on: February 11, 2008, 06:28:07 pm »

I also have the video tearing problem while playback media (dvd, divx, recorded shows, etc.)

I also tried all the things Colinjones have tried, switched to other modelines, etc.... but i still have the problem even with UI1 on 720p.

After reading Colinjones' posts and my used hardware :

Motherboard : Asrock ALiveNF7G-HDready (NVIDIA® GeForce 7050 / nForce 630A MCP Chipsets)
CPU : AMD Athlon 64 X2 BE-2400
MEM : 2x 1Gb DDR2
TV : Toshiba 42z3030d (Full-HD 1080p)
DVI2HDMI cable

I think that it has something to do with the DVI2HDMI cable or the combination Nvidia7050 and a Full HD 1080p big lcd screen.

Hope someone has any more suggestions?