[olug] NVidia and video corruption.

[Shannon]

could it have something to do with
interlaced video?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlaced_video#Problems_caused_by_interlacing

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> Ok, my memory was incorrect.
>
> I can play videos using VLC just fine (recorded TV and others), but
> when I use the internal viewer, the video has the lines.
>
> Here's a link to the photo in my GooglePlus stream:
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108237109142616749665/albums/5700983386433147889
>
> I tried setting the default viewer to use VLC, but it didn't seem to use
> it...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 17:44, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> > My new Mythbuntu combination front/back-end system is working well
> > except for one problem: when I try to play back videos they are
> > corrupted on the screen.
> >
> > I can copy the files to another Linux system where they look fine.
> > The menus, desktop, terminals, etc on the front-end system are just
> > fine, just moving video is corrupted.
> >
> > I upgraded from the Ubuntu stock NVidia driver to the latest driver -
> > 290.10 - for my GeForce 8400 GS card, but no luck.
> >
> > The corruption is very regular.  Colors off in vertical stripes about
> > 10 pixels wide.  I can take a photo and post it somewhere if it helps.
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts?
> >
> > Dan
> >
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