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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:02 pm 
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Basically, most if not all of my xvid transcoded content looks horrible on my new HD set. The set is DVI-->HDMI running 1680x1050 (screen's native resolution) and the avi files are 512x384 or 720x480. I'm watching them with mplayer in mythvideo.

EDIT: seems as though my PVR-250's capture files do this as well. They are 720x480 and played back using the internal player as I normally watch them.

The best way I can describe the distortions are horizontal lines that appear over areas of motion. Is this what I've seen people term as 'cutting'? Are there known work arounds for it?

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Just did the same.

I upped my bitrate quite a bit and changed my playback settings to bob(2x) and one field as the secondary deinterlacer.

That and setting my videoscan to either detect or interlaced normal.

It's not perfect, but that's the best I could get. Anyone else have any tips as I am attempting to be cheap and not do hd just yet.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:30 pm 
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graysky wrote:
Basically, most if not all of my xvid transcoded content looks
horrible on my new HD set. The set is DVI-->HDMI running
1680x1050 (screen's native resolution) and the avi files are
512x384 or 720x480. I'm watching them with mplayer in
mythvideo.

EDIT: seems as though my PVR-250's capture files do this as
well. They are 720x480 and played back using the internal
player as I normally watch them.

The best way I can describe the distortions are horizontal
lines that appear over areas of motion.

Sounds like de-interlacing artifacts. Try some different
de-interlacing methods (bob2x is reputed to look the best).

In any case, watching low-res stuff on a 1680x1050 panel is
always going to look bad. You can play with settings to make
it a little less bad, but you're never going to be happy with.
Start saving up for an ATSC/QAM tuner. In the meantime, sit
further away and squint. ;)

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It may also be scaling artifacts. These are quite common when you're blowing an image up. Especially if the size relationships between the original resolution and the display resolution aren't simple (in this case simple means simple ratios). For example 1->2 or even 1->3 generally gives good results (although it may start to look blocky and pixellated, and 2 -> 3 generally isn't bad, but when you start to get say 3->7 or 32->105 you'll see serious effects from the scaling, especially if you're not using some kind of fairly good smoothing filter.


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Where are the smoothing filters set and are there any recomendations? Is that the setting right before the playback profiles?

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Thanks for the replies, all. When I use the mplayer that came w/ my Ubuntu 8.10 install on my desktop machine, I don't see these distortions AT ALL playing the same files with the same mplayer options.... the only differences are:

Desktop Machine
Distro: Ubuntu 8.10 amd64
X Manager: Gnome
Video Card: 8800GTS, 512 meg (PCI-E 16x)
Video Driver: v180.29
Monitor: 22" Samsung LCD, model T220 (2 ms)

Frontend Machine
Distro: KM R5.5
X Manager: Fluxbox
Video Card: 8400GS, 512 meg (PCI)
Video Driver: v177.14.x
Monitor: 22" Samsung HDTV, model LN22450A (8 ms)

Can anyone explain this? Is it the 8 ms response time on the HDTV that's messing with me?

EDIT: It's *NOT* the differences in the screens. I just hooked both of them up to my desktop machine (twinview) driving off my 8800GTS and I can play the same file in each monitor free of distortion.

Now it seems as though the variables are:

1) Video cards and/or drivers
2) mplayer version
3) Linux versions?
4) Something Gnome is doing that fluxbox isn't doing?
4) something I'm not thinking of....

I can put the 32-bit version of Ubuntu 8.10 on my frontend (spare HDD) and do this same comparison on the 8400GS (PCI) card to see. Again, suggestions are welcomed :)

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When you're in TwinView mode and playing from your desktop machine, what resolution is the HDTV being driven at? Is it the same as the resolution you're running your frontend at?


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ceenvee703 wrote:
When you're in TwinView mode and playing from your desktop machine, what resolution is the HDTV being driven at? Is it the same as the resolution you're running your frontend at?


Yes, it's the same: 1680x1050 (the HDTV's recommended resolution).

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OK! I got Ubuntu 8.10 on the frontend machine, using the 180.29 drivers, and using the ubuntu mplayer, I do NOT see the distortions that I see when running R5.5 :(

Therefore, it's gotta be something in R5.5 that's causing these since I ruled out the hardware. I'll try two things under R5.5:

1) compile my own mplayer from source and see if that matters
2) try to update the drivers to 180.29

If both those fail, does anyone have a suggestion?

Could it be something that fluxbox isn't doing that Gnome is doing?

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I wish I knew more to say conclusively that it couldn't be Fluxbox, but I wouldn't think so. It's worth trying to upgrade the drivers, and possibly mplayer.

I'd also triple-check (via xorg logs) that your KnoppMyth box is running at the same resolution AND the same refresh rate AND the same color depth that your Ubuntu box is running at. Just because you have your xorg.conf file set up a certain way doesn't mean it's doing something differently than you think it is... checking the xorg logs is the only way to know what it's really running at.


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Well, the 180.29 drivers didn't help either.... Here is the damn /var/log/Xorg.0.log. You have to d/l it as a text file because it's too massive to post.

Link to Xorg.0.log

Here is the /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
   Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
   
EndSection

Section "Files"
   RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
   ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
#   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/latin2/75dpi"
#   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
   FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
# Comments: see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346408
   Load  "dbe" # Double Buffering Extension, very important.
#   Load  "dri" # This shouldn't be available choice if user has selected driver vga, vesa or nv.
   Load  "glx" # GLX Extension.
   Load  "freetype" # Freetype fonts.
   Load  "type1"  # Type 1 fonts
   Load  "record" # Developer extension, usually not needed
#   Load  "extmod" # This is okay, but if you look into "man xorg.conf" you'll find option NOT to include DGA extension with extmod, and for a good reason.. DGA causes instability as it access videoram without consulting X about it.
   SubSection      "extmod"
      Option          "omit xfree86-dga"
   EndSubSection
#   Load  "speedo" # Speedo fonts, this module doesn't exist in Xorg 7.0.17
# The following are deprecated/unstable/unneeded in Xorg 7.0
#       Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor, this should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded.
#   Load  "GLcore" # This should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded.
#       Load  "bitmap" # Should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. This is a font module, and loading it in xorg.conf makes X try to load it twice.
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
   Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
   Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
   Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
   Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
   Option       "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "Protocol" "auto"
Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
   Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
   Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
   Option       "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "SendCoreEvents"   "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   Option   "DPMS"   "true"
   Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
   Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
   VendorName   "VSC"
   ModelName   "VSCbc1c"
   HorizSync 30 - 97 # DDC-probed
   VertRefresh 50 - 160 # DDC-probed
   # These are the DDC-probed settings reported by your monitor.
   # 1280x1024, 85.0Hz; hfreq=91.15, vfreq=85.02
   ModeLine "1280x1024"   157.50 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
   # 1280x1024, 75.0Hz; hfreq=79.98, vfreq=75.03
   ModeLine "1280x1024"   135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
   # 1152x864, 75.0Hz; hfreq=67.50, vfreq=75.00
   ModeLine "1152x864"   108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600  864  865  868  900 +hsync +vsync
   # 1024x768, 85.0Hz; hfreq=68.68, vfreq=85.00
   ModeLine "1024x768"    94.50 1024 1072 1168 1376  768  769  772  808 +hsync +vsync
   # 1024x768, 75.0Hz; hfreq=60.02, vfreq=75.03
   ModeLine "1024x768"    78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312  768  769  772  800 +hsync +vsync
   # 1024x768, 70.0Hz; hfreq=56.48, vfreq=70.07
   ModeLine "1024x768"    75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328  768  771  777  806 -hsync -vsync
   # 800x600, 85.0Hz; hfreq=53.67, vfreq=85.06
   ModeLine "800x600"    56.25  800  832  896 1048  600  601  604  631 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.88, vfreq=75.00
   ModeLine "800x600"    49.50  800  816  896 1056  600  601  604  625 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 72.0Hz; hfreq=48.08, vfreq=72.19
   ModeLine "800x600"    50.00  800  856  976 1040  600  637  643  666 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 60.0Hz; hfreq=37.88, vfreq=60.32
   ModeLine "800x600"    40.00  800  840  968 1056  600  601  605  628 +hsync +vsync
   # 800x600, 56.0Hz; hfreq=35.16, vfreq=56.25
   ModeLine "800x600"    36.00  800  824  896 1024  600  601  603  625 +hsync +vsync
   # 640x480, 75.0Hz; hfreq=37.50, vfreq=75.00
   ModeLine "640x480"    31.50  640  656  720  840  480  481  484  500 -hsync -vsync
   # 640x480, 72.0Hz; hfreq=37.86, vfreq=72.81
   ModeLine "640x480"    31.50  640  656  696  816  480  481  484  504 -hsync -vsync
   # 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.47, vfreq=59.94
   ModeLine "640x480"    25.17  640  648  744  784  480  482  484  509 -hsync -vsync
   # Extended modelines with GTF timings
   # 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz
   ModeLine "640x480"  43.16  640 680 744 848  480 481 484 509  -HSync +Vsync
   # 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz
   ModeLine "768x576"  34.96  768 792 872 976  576 577 580 597  -HSync +Vsync
   # 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz
   ModeLine "768x576"  42.93  768 800 880 992  576 577 580 601  -HSync +Vsync
   # 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz
   ModeLine "768x576"  45.51  768 808 888 1008  576 577 580 602  -HSync +Vsync
   # 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz
   ModeLine "768x576"  51.84  768 808 888 1008  576 577 580 605  -HSync +Vsync
   # 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz
   ModeLine "768x576"  62.57  768 816 896 1024  576 577 580 611  -HSync +Vsync
   # 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz
   ModeLine "800x600"  68.18  800 848 936 1072  600 601 604 636  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
   ModeLine "1024x768"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz
   ModeLine "1152x864"  81.62  1152 1216 1336 1520  864 865 868 895  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz
   ModeLine "1152x864"  119.65  1152 1224 1352 1552  864 865 868 907  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz
   ModeLine "1152x864"  143.47  1152 1232 1360 1568  864 865 868 915  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz
   ModeLine "1280x960"  124.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  960 961 964 1001  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz
   ModeLine "1280x960"  129.86  1280 1368 1504 1728  960 961 964 1002  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz
   ModeLine "1280x960"  178.99  1280 1376 1520 1760  960 961 964 1017  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz
   ModeLine "1280x1024"  190.96  1280 1376 1520 1760  1024 1025 1028 1085  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
   ModeLine "1400x1050"  122.61  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 1051 1054 1087  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz
   ModeLine "1400x1050"  149.34  1400 1496 1648 1896  1050 1051 1054 1094  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz
   ModeLine "1400x1050"  155.85  1400 1496 1648 1896  1050 1051 1054 1096  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz
   ModeLine "1400x1050"  179.26  1400 1504 1656 1912  1050 1051 1054 1103  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz
   ModeLine "1400x1050"  214.39  1400 1512 1664 1928  1050 1051 1054 1112  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz
   ModeLine "1600x1200"  280.64  1600 1728 1904 2208  1200 1201 1204 1271  -HSync +Vsync
   # 1680x1050 (Notebook)
   ModeLine "1680x1050" 154.2 1680 1712 2296 2328   1050 1071 1081 1103
   # 1920x1200 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF)  hsync: 74.52; pclk: 193.16 MHz
   ModeLine "1920x1200" 193.16  1920 2048 2256 2592  1200 1201 1204 1242  -HSync +HSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
   ### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
        #Option     "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
   Identifier  "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
   Driver      "nvidia"
   Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
   Option "UseEvents" "true"
   VendorName  "All"
   BoardName   "All"
#   BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
   #Option "NVAGP" "2"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen0"
   Device     "Card0"
   Monitor    "Monitor0"
   DefaultColorDepth 24
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     1
      Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     4
      Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     8
      Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     15
      Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     16
      Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     24
#                Modes "1680x1050" "720p" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      Modes "1680x1050" "720p" "1280x1024"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth     32
                Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024"
#      Modes "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Mode 0666
EndSection



# Needed for XvMC with some Nvidia boards and drivers
#Section "Extensions"
#   Option "Composite" "Disabled"
#EndSection

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Two things: 1) Any time I see an xorg.conf like that I strongly recommend either deleting or commenting out EVERY EVERY EVERY line that has nothing to do with the resolution and bitdepth you want. I also recommend getting rid of multiple resolutions per line, particularly if you know you only want to run at the TV's native resolution. So in your case I'd get rid of, or comment out, all SubSection "Display" items with a bit depth other than the one you want (24). Even with "DefaultColorDepth" set to 24, I would just do that to be sure. And on your "Modes" line, get rid of all resolutions other than "1680x1050" My guess is that it's running at some odd bit depth but that's just a guess.

My second thing was going to be to use Nvidia macros to output a standard HDTV resolution like 1280x720 or 1920x1080, but if you really want to run at your TV's default resolution, you probably won't want to do that (although it will work just like any Blu-Ray player or set-top box would work with your TV).

I'd also recommend checking out the xorg logs on your Ubuntu setup and see if you can compare what's going on. The stuff where it finally says what resolution it's running at is way at the end.


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Yeah, the ubuntu logs show 1680x1050 as do my KM R5.5 logs. I modified my xorg.conf as you suggested, but the results are the same wen viewing videos.

Here is my modded /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "SAMSUNG"
    HorizSync       26.0 - 68.0
    VertRefresh     23.0 - 61.0
    Option         "DPMS"
    Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
    Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8400 GS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "metamodes" "1680x1050 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes   "1680x1050"
    EndSubSection
EndSection


Do you have an HDTV? I can upload a clip of this avi that looks like crap for you guys to see on your systems.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:03 am 
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As mentioned earlier, it sounds like deinterlacing artifacts. Bob2x should solve this.

A few things I learned about bob2x with my nvidia card:

1. Disable QT. This made a huge difference.

2. Do not align the display to the screen. Set the stretch and screen offsets in the setup all to 0. Setting them to non-zero confused bob2x and the whole screen started wiggling.

3. Remove all the playback profiles except the one you have set up with bob2x. Not exactly necessary, but useful to make sure you are using the one you expect. You can add new ones later and test once it is working.

4. Don't use XVMC. Things have probably improved since I tried it, but I found it caused nothing but problems. Especially with the OSD.

Comparing to a DVD player on the same TV is probably a good test. I now have something that looks almost indistinguishable on my 28' LCD from the DVD player. I say almost as I do see some minor mottling in mostly black scenes that seem to be due to colour depth. I haven't fixed this, but rarely notice it.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:12 am 
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Have you tried nvidia-settings or whatever that command is to get to the Nvidia controls.

It could be that something is messed up in there. Sorry I don't have the exact command but I know it's here on the forums.

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