[mythtvnz] Green screen .. help please

[Bernard Mentink]

Thanks Simon,

I will try those things you suggest and report back ... very helpful.

Cheers,
Bernie

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Simon Cantem <scantem at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you running the latest nvidia binary drivers or the open source
> drivers? If you're running the nvidia drivers try changing to a different
> version to see if that makes a difference:
>
> System -> Hardware Drivers - select a nvidia driver and hit either activate
>
> It sounds like there's a problem with the overlay rendering which is used
> to accelerate the video rendering. To confirm it you could try running Xine
> and setting the video output to X11, that'll turn off any acceleration.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Bernard Mentink <bmentink at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> I tried playing a DVD with VLC, still shows a green screen ..
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bernie
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Simon Cantem <scantem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It sounds like maybe your video driver got updated and it doesn't like it
>>> anymore. What happens if you playback a DVD or an AVI file through something
>>> like Xine or mplayer, do you still get the green screen?
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Bernard Mentink <bmentink at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I have been running Mythbuntu quite successfully for some time, however
>>>> the last time I re-booted the machine, I have found that whenever I play a
>>>> recording or watch LiveTV all I get is a green screen, I can see the program
>>>> content ... it just all green.
>>>>
>>>> (There may have been some recent updates ... and this is the 1st time I
>>>> have re-booted since ..)
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't seem to be Xorg, the Plasma, or the nVidia driver as I can
>>>> use it fine as a normal computer in full color, it is only when I am using
>>>> Mythtv for recordings (that previously were fine in full color) or LiveTV
>>>> that I get the issue.
>>>>
>>>> It seems the video decoding is broken for some reason.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me what to do to resolve this? This is urgent for me, as
>>>> the family rely on this system now  (read ... I am dead meat ..)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Bernie
>>>>
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